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From: Ed Santiago <ed@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hotel WiFi does not like my Gentoo
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:06:42
Message-Id: 18142.1166532899@lu.edsantiago.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Hotel WiFi does not like my Gentoo by Mick
1 >> Mick wrote:
2 >> > # iwlist wlan0 scan
3 >> > wlan0 Scan completed :
4 >> > Cell 01 - Address: 00:0C:20:03:3B:C5
5 >> > ESSID:"The Cairngorm Hotel"
6 >> > Mode:Master
7 >> > Frequency:2.437 GHz
8 >> > Encryption key:off
9 >> > Extra:tsf=3D00000004ed7ab5fa
10 >>
11 >> Have you tried:
12 >>
13 >> # iwconfig wlan0 essid "The Cairngorm Hotel"
14 >> # dhcpcd wlan0
15 >
16 >I did not try specifying the essid manually, given that it is the only essid
17 >in the vicinity and iwconfig shows that my machine has already associated
18 >with it.
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20 This is a stupid thing to write, and it may not help, but:
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22 Are you running wpa_supplicant? If so, have you tried stopping it?
23
24 ^E
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