1 |
No Jakub is known for closing bugs without actually reading or |
2 |
understanding them; he's closed several of mine; which were legit. |
3 |
|
4 |
Well stated comments, although some of this should/could have been left |
5 |
on the forums. ie - breaking up a feature request, and a problem |
6 |
|
7 |
deface |
8 |
|
9 |
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 17:24 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: |
10 |
|
11 |
> Am I the dick? |
12 |
> |
13 |
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172766 |
14 |
> |
15 |
> > -----Original Message----- |
16 |
> > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@××××××.com] |
17 |
> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:20 PM |
18 |
> > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
19 |
> > Subject: [gentoo-user] How can I force net.ath0 to use a |
20 |
> > certain channel? |
21 |
> > |
22 |
> > I have an atheros (mad-wifi) internal mini-pci 802.11 a/b/g |
23 |
> > card in my Dell |
24 |
> > i8200 notebook running Gentoo. I also have an Engenius hostap 802.11b |
25 |
> > card/antenna in my Gentoo server. What is frustrating, is that it's a |
26 |
> > crap-shoot when my ath0 will (or won't) start properly. I |
27 |
> > have no control |
28 |
> > over what channel (either numeric like 6, or alpha such as b |
29 |
> > vs. g) to |
30 |
> > connect to my AP ("MATRIX"). |
31 |
> > |
32 |
> > Please tell me there is some way to tweak my |
33 |
> > /etc/conf.d/wireless (or anything |
34 |
> > for that matter), so that I can tell it, "hey, when |
35 |
> > connecting to 'MATRIX', |
36 |
> > always use 802.11b and/or a certain channel range (presumably |
37 |
> > in the 'b' |
38 |
> > range)". |
39 |
> > |
40 |
> > Furthermore, it would REALLY be great if I could do something |
41 |
> > whereby, if I |
42 |
> > have net.eth0 (i.e. CAT5 cable) then don't start net.ath0, |
43 |
> > else try net.ath0. |
44 |
> > Right now I have net.ath0 disabled by default because I hate |
45 |
> > when it starts |
46 |
> > up when I'm plugged in at work, as my traffic seems to go |
47 |
> > over the "slower" |
48 |
> > ath0 rather than the faster eth0 port. ?! I have ifplugd |
49 |
> > installed, but I |
50 |
> > don't think it can manage this kind of (seemingly obvious and |
51 |
> > intelligent) |
52 |
> > decision. |
53 |
> > |
54 |
> > locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
55 |
> > * Starting ath0 |
56 |
> > * Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
57 |
> > * ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 |
58 |
> > * in managed mode on channel 52 (WEP disabled) |
59 |
> > * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP |
60 |
> > * Bringing up ath0 |
61 |
> > * dhcp |
62 |
> > * Running dhcpcd ... |
63 |
> > Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
64 |
> > |
65 |
> > |
66 |
> > [ !! ] |
67 |
> > locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
68 |
> > * Starting ath0 |
69 |
> > * Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
70 |
> > * ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 |
71 |
> > * in managed mode on channel 7 (WEP disabled) |
72 |
> > * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP |
73 |
> > * Bringing up ath0 |
74 |
> > * dhcp |
75 |
> > * Running dhcpcd ... |
76 |
> > Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
77 |
> > |
78 |
> > |
79 |
> > [ !! ] |
80 |
> > locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
81 |
> > * Starting ath0 |
82 |
> > * Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
83 |
> > * ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:02:6F:09:B2:B4 |
84 |
> > * in managed mode on channel 6 (WEP disabled) |
85 |
> > * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP |
86 |
> > * Bringing up ath0 |
87 |
> > * dhcp |
88 |
> > * Running dhcpcd ... |
89 |
> > |
90 |
> > |
91 |
> > [ ok ] |
92 |
> > * ath0 received address 10.10.10.69/24 |
93 |
> > locutus ~ # |
94 |
> > -- |
95 |
> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
96 |
> > |
97 |
> > |
98 |
> |