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Just acquired an Atheros based wireless card. acquired madwifi-ng and |
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tools. Using the /etc/conf.d/wireless.example I set up as per RTFM'n . |
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I have in /etc/conf.d/wireless: |
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essid_ath0="patkno" |
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mode_ath0="managed" |
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channel_ath0="6" |
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key_patkno="s:********** enc open" |
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and I have in /etc/conf.d/net the line: |
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modules=( "iwconfig" ) |
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# iwconfig |
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eth0 no wireless extensions. |
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lo no wireless extensions. |
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wifi0 no wireless extensions. |
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ath0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" |
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Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated |
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Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 |
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Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off |
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Encryption key:off |
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Power Management:off |
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Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 |
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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after entering each of the fields manually: |
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iwconfig ath0 channel 6 |
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iwconfig ath0 essid patkno |
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iwconfig ath0 key s:********** |
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iwpriv ath0 keymgtalgs 1 |
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ifconfig ath0 up |
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crash ~ # # iwconfig ath0 |
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ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"patkno" |
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Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:3D:B5:A0:84 |
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Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 |
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Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off |
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Encryption key:****-****-****-****-**** Security mode:restricted |
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Power Management:off |
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Link Quality=56/94 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm |
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Rx invalid nwid:3494 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 |
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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However when I issue: |
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dhcpcd ath0 it times out and ifconfig does not show an ath0. |
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I'm running 2.6.17-gentoo-r7 kernel and |
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iwconfig -v |
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iwconfig Wireless-Tools version 28 |
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Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v20. |
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Modprobed modules: |
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ath_pci |
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wlan_scan_sta |
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ath_hal |
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Have I missed something obvious? |
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Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) |
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