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Ipsofacto

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Registered: 2006-04-14

Posts: 25

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Help with wireless

This is my first laptop, so be gentle ...

I want to be able to use my laptop for roaming at work.  I am trying to use networkmanager:

Below are the juicy details.

rc.conf

MODULES=(sky2 ipw3945 sony_acpi sonypi battery ac !speedstep_centrino acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace freq_table)

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
eth2="dhcp"
wlan_eth2="eth2 essid MyEssid"
WLAN_INTERFACE=(eth2)
INTERFACES=(lo !eth0 !eth2)
wlan_eth2="eth2 mode managed essid default"

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng ipw3945d firestarter !network @sensors dbus hal cpufreq powersaved laptop-mode dhcdbd networkmanager @vmware  @alsa)

lspci

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

eth2      unassociated  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=nan kHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:14 dBm   
          Retry limit:15   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:55   Missed beacon:0

etc/conf.d/wireless

wlan_eth2="eth2 mode managed essid default"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth2)

When I boot, all daemons load without errors (except firestarter).

I am able to see the network, I just cannot 'log on'. Below is a screenshot.

What have I missed that is glaringly obvious?  It gives me an access code (see screenshot).  Do I need to input this somewhere in a config file?

As I mentioned, my first lappy so have never used wireless before !

All help gratefully received.  Thanks in advance

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

Posts: 1,289

Re: Help with wireless

That key, is that a wep key? I included mine in my rc.conf like this: (don't mind the #'s)

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
ath0="ath0 192.168.123.### netmask 255.255.###.### broadcast 192.168.###.255"
wlan_ath0="ath0 essid #### key 3##B##2##E"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(ath0)
INTERFACES=(lo ath0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.123.###"
ROUTES=(gateway)

But this is on my desktop which is always connected to the same network, so I'm not sure it's the best way for you if you want to be able to switch networks.

Also notice the last 'S' in "WLAN_INTERFACES", you haven't got that, maybe the line isn't correctly interpreted?

Last edited by Ramses de Norre (2007-05-04 14:28:38)

Ipsofacto

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Registered: 2006-04-14

Posts: 25

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Re: Help with wireless

Thanks for your response.

Well spotted re my mistake of not including the 'S' on INTERFACE.

As regards whether that's a WEP key then I really don't know.  As mentioned, this if my first exposure to wireless.

I will retry on Monday when I have access to wireless and report back.

Thanks again for your reply.  I'll let you know how things pan out on Monday.