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gregoryma

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From: Fredericton, Canada

Registered: 2008-12-15

Posts: 18

[SOLVED]If this is a functioning iwconfig how do I make wireless work?

[greg@box ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          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:0   Missed beacon:0

I am trying to get my wireless working but I am quite out of my comfort zone doing this.  Is my wireless card recognized here?  And if so how do I go about in actually using it?  I haven't installed any wireless manager yet.  I wanted to confirm everything was okay first.

Greg

Last edited by gregoryma (2008-12-16 18:59:58)

jumico

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Registered: 2008-12-13

Posts: 16

Re: [SOLVED]If this is a functioning iwconfig how do I make wireless work?

wlan0 is your wireless card. 
Try this guide
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … Management

gregoryma

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From: Fredericton, Canada

Registered: 2008-12-15

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED]If this is a functioning iwconfig how do I make wireless work?

Thanks, the link confirmed it is working.

Greg

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: [SOLVED]If this is a functioning iwconfig how do I make wireless work?

And this page too. Although, you probably would have found from the other:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg