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emi1y

Member

From: Champaign, IL

Registered: 2010-11-20

Posts: 2

[solved] iwlist scan gives no ESSIDs

hey there,

i am trying to get my intel 3945ABG wireless connection working.

when i run iwlist wlan0 scan, for all listed cells, ESSID=""

some info so far:
-installed the packages wireless_tools and linux_firmware as per the Wireless Setup arch wiki page.
-iwconfig lists information for wlan0, and the little light on my wireless switch is on
-running "sudo iwlist wlan0 scan" gives me a list of ~5 cells, different mac addresses, etc, but no essids??

any suggestions? am i doing something really stupid?

Last edited by emi1y (2010-11-25 05:51:23)

clearloon

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Registered: 2009-01-07

Posts: 79

Re: [solved] iwlist scan gives no ESSIDs

What's the output of "sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID" ?

emi1y

Member

From: Champaign, IL

Registered: 2010-11-20

Posts: 2

Re: [solved] iwlist scan gives no ESSIDs

apparently yes i did do something stupid. i uninstalled and reinstalled the packages and it is able to see the essids now.