On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 08:14:57PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:08:52AM -0400, Bob Copeland wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Joel Roth<joelz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Vista advised me to: > > > > > > 1) turn on the hardware wifi switch <blush> > > > > > > 2) use the hotkey combination to enable wifi > > > > It might be worth trying compat-wireless or 2.6.31-rcX. Support > > for reading the card's internal rfkill state was added in the > > post-2.6.30 time-frame. > > I installed compat-wireless against my 2.6.30.1 kernel, > and also the iw command. > > I've read some docs, however I'm not sure what the next step should be. > > My general idea is that I should be able to see a list of > access points, however iwlist doesn't tell me anything new. > > # iwlist wlan0 ap > > wlan0 Interface doesn't have a list of Peers/Access-Points After some RTFM'ing, # iw wlan0 scan BSS 00:40:05:c5:4f:19 (on wlan0) -- associated TSF: 9251942689 usec (0d, 02:34:11) freq: 2412 beacon interval: 100 capability: ESS PBCC (0x0041) signal: -40.00 dBm SSID: default Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 22.0 DS Paramater set: channel 1 BSS 00:16:b6:db:fd:78 (on wlan0) TSF: 629448825249 usec (7d, 06:50:48) freq: 2437 beacon interval: 100 capability: ESS ShortSlotTime (0x0401) signal: -105.00 dBm SSID: linksys Supported rates: 1.0* 2.0* 5.5* 11.0* 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 DS Paramater set: channel 6 ERP: Barker_Preamble_Mode Extended supported rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 48.0 # iw wlan0 connect default # dhclient wlan0 And voila! I have an IP address on wlan0. I can't think of anything more that I need. :-) Oh, maybe a pointer for others. Perhaps I was just missing the iw 'connect' incantation? 'iwlist' was a complete red herring; didn't help me find my AP. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation was the only site of several I visited mentioning 'iw' at all! And at linuxwireless, I find no example of using 'iw' to set up a connection. I'd be glad to contribute one. Thanks Bob, Nick and others for your tips. -- Joel Roth -- 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
