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Re: iwlagn won't scan 5 GHz band

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On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 02:24:17PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:01:24PM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > Please Cc: me on replies as I'm not subscribed.  Thanks.
> > 
> > I have a 4965, using kernel-2.6.29-0.197.rc7.fc11.x86_64 (Intel(R) 
> > Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27kds).  I can connect to 
> > 802.11n on 2.4 GHz, but it never finds the 5 GHz cell of the AP.  Is 5 
> > GHz 802.11n supported yet?  For that matter, shouldn't I be seeing the 
> > 802.11a from my APs?  How do I get this thing to scan the A/N 5 GHz 
> > band?
> 
> Ah, the joys of Rawhide...
> 
> Make sure you have "iw" installed.
> 
> 	yum install iw
> 
> Then you need to specify your regulatory domain:
> 
> 	iw reg set US # Use ISO/IEC 3166-1 alpha2 as appropriate for you
> 
> Does that change things for you?

Works great!

> We are still discussing ways to get this set automatically.  We are
> hoping that NetworkManager grows this capability "soon"...  In the
> meantime, you might try calling the attached script from /etc/rc.local.
> 
> Hth!

Thanks!
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