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iggy

Member

From: Germany, L.E. - Leipzig

Registered: 2004-10-17

Posts: 367

iwl3945: no scan results with 'iwlist scan'

hello!

i have a little problem. i successfully use the iwl3945 wifi driver. i can connect with the arch network scripts.

but i cannot scan anymore with the iwlist tool. it tells me that there are no scan results.

anyone else with this problem? how can i fix it?

thx, mfg iggy

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sorry for my bad english

baze

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Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 393

Re: iwl3945: no scan results with 'iwlist scan'

happens here too. networkmanager finds networks, but iwlist doesn't

peart

Member

From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: iwl3945: no scan results with 'iwlist scan'

I find this strange too.

[marc@~] iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     No scan results

[marc@~] su -
Password: 
[root@~] iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:19:5B:0B:21:16
                    ESSID:"scram"
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:9
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality=88/100  Signal level=-45 dBm  Noise level=-84 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000007f9c4876b63

[root@~]

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: iwl3945: no scan results with 'iwlist scan'

Often if you're already connected to a network, iwlist scan will return nothing. Disconnect and scan.

peart: I guess a regular user doesnt have privelidges to tell the card to scan. *shrug*