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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:03:32
Message-Id: k2i358eca8f1004200321l9dfe0769o120aa0ccd588db2b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP? by Paul Hartman
1 On 20 April 2010 02:27, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > I think the proper country code is GB not UK, maybe that's why it didn't work.
4 >
5 > With iw try:
6 >
7 > iw reg set GB
8 >
9 > or in your wpa_supplicant config:
10 >
11 > country=GB
12 >
13 >
14 Thanks Paul, good pointer. It seems that the UK also has GB as well
15 'UK' as its alpha2 code. Anyway, I changed 'country=GB' in my
16 wpa_supplicant but unfortunately it is not being picked up:
17
18 # iwlist wlan0 freq
19 wlan0 11 channels in total; available frequencies :
20 Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
21 Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
22 Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
23 Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
24 Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
25 Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
26 Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
27 Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
28 Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
29 Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
30 Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
31 Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
32
33 then:
34
35 # iw reg set GB
36
37 # iw reg get
38 country US:
39 (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 27)
40 (5170 - 5190 @ 40), (6, 23)
41 (5190 - 5210 @ 40), (6, 23)
42 (5210 - 5230 @ 40), (6, 23)
43 (5230 - 5330 @ 40), (6, 23)
44 (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (6, 30)
45
46 # iw list
47 Wiphy phy0
48 Band 1:
49 Frequencies:
50 * 2412 MHz [1] (27.0 dBm)
51 * 2417 MHz [2] (27.0 dBm)
52 * 2422 MHz [3] (27.0 dBm)
53 * 2427 MHz [4] (27.0 dBm)
54 * 2432 MHz [5] (27.0 dBm)
55 * 2437 MHz [6] (27.0 dBm)
56 * 2442 MHz [7] (27.0 dBm)
57 * 2447 MHz [8] (27.0 dBm)
58 * 2452 MHz [9] (27.0 dBm)
59 * 2457 MHz [10] (27.0 dBm)
60 * 2462 MHz [11] (27.0 dBm)
61 * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled)
62 * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
63 * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
64
65 Hmm, it's stuck in US mode for some reason. Firmware?
66 --
67 Regards,
68 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP? Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>