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From: Saphirus Sage <saphirus497@×××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:32:45
Message-Id: 16D3BC4F-4817-4A54-831E-F5C1E9C7463F@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces by Arnau Bria
1 On Jan 31, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Arnau Bria <arnau@×××××××××.net> wrote:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > I've installed wicd and configured as
6 > http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/Wicd on Fedora says.
7 >
8 > *Just starting its daemon
9 >
10 > But when I open it I only see my wired conection.
11 > My wireless interface is avaliable via ifconfig:
12 > # iwconfig
13 > lo no wireless extensions.
14 >
15 > eth0 no wireless extensions.
16 >
17 > wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
18 >
19 > wlan1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
20 > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-
21 > Associated
22 > Tx-Power=0 dBm
23 > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
24 > Encryption key:off
25 > Power Management:off
26 > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
27 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
28 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
29 >
30 > # ifconfig wlan1
31 > wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:3B:2A:6D:0F
32 > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
33 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
34 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
35 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
36 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
37 >
38 >
39 > But it does not appear in wicd client.
40 > I'd like to use WEP keys, and I see no refernce to that option in
41 > prefernces tab... only WPA.
42 >
43 >
44 > Anyone with experience on wicd could give me some help, plesae?
45 >
46 > TIA,
47 > Arnau
48 >
49 Just click the tab next to each BSSID, and check "enable encryption".
50 Then, click the tab on what type of encryption, select WEP(hex), as
51 ASCII support is a bit limited. Enter in the relevent information and
52 join the network.

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Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces Arnau Bria <arnau@×××××××××.net>