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tea5P00N

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Registered: 2009-12-18

Posts: 1

Start wlan from console

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to connect to my wlan on  a konsole but cannot get it to work. I followd the instructions on wiki

ifconfig
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid "wlan1"         # My network has no encryption.
dhcpcd wlan0

But for dhcpcd I only get
waiting for carrier
Timed out

Everything works fine when I use knetworkmanager. But I'd like to be able to start it via konsole.

Thanks for help

kaizoku

Member

Registered: 2009-01-09

Posts: 62

Re: Start wlan from console

Have you got the right module for your card? Are you using ndiswrapper? it can cause problems.

mikesd

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 788

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Re: Start wlan from console

Everything works fine when I use knetworkmanager. But I'd like to be able to start it via konsole.

Try netcfg. I use it for all my networking both wired and wireless. You could also try setting a temp static address and see if that at least works.

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tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Start wlan from console

After the iwconfig command, check your logs for errors.

kick52

Member

Registered: 2009-10-19

Posts: 18

Re: Start wlan from console

You could try "$ iwconfig commit", I think some cards need it to associate with an AP.