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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wireless problem
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:19:35
Message-Id: 1138886065.9629.3.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] wireless problem by Jean Magnan de Bornier
1 On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:49 +0100, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote:
2 >
3 > When I type "iwconfig" I obtain this:
4 >
5 > eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Universite Paul Cezanne"
6 > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:12:DA:AE:5A:50
7
8 > Seems to indicate I am actually connected?
9
10 this indicates you are associated with the AP whose mac address is
11 00:12:DA:AE:5A:50
12
13 > But then I can't access the network (firefox doesn't find anything).
14
15 next you have to make sure you have an ip address (ifconfig eth1) and
16 the necessary routing (route -n)
17
18 dhcp should set this up for you.
19
20 See what those two commands say for starters.
21
22 HTH,
23 --
24 Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au>
25
26 The early worm gets the bird.
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