2009/6/30 Joel Roth <joelz@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello all, > > I'd appreciate some help troubleshooting my wireless connection. > > I have a Toshiba Satellite L305 series laptop running Debian > sid with a recent, stock Debian kernel version 2.6.29-2-486. > > $ lspci | grep Atheros > > 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) > > I am seeking to connect to a D-Link 614+ wireless router. > For initial testing, the AP is unencrypted, unsecured. > > My wife's G3 i-Book with AfterTheMac USB wireless adapter > connected just fine, on the first try. > > I believe I have the modules I should have: > > $ lsmod | grep 80211 > mac80211 139680 1 ath5k > cfg80211 21576 2 ath5k,mac80211 > > My wireless network interface is present: > > $ iwconfig wlan0 > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11 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 > 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 > > $ ifconfig wlan0 > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:63:82:82:40 > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > > However, I don't find the D-Link 614+: > > $ iwlist wlan0 scan > > wlan0 No scan results > > And of course, dhclient fails to find a server. > > Am I missing something? What could I try next? > I'd appreciate any pointers. > > Thanks. > > -- > Joel Roth Hello ;-) Can you please sent the dmesg output when ath5k loads ? Also do you see any messages on dmesg while scaning ? -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
