wireless in warty

[Erik Bågfors]

Try this

iwlist scan

Then you should get a "ESSID".  Put that id into the network settings
for the card

Then activate it.

Regards,
Erik


On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:47:51 -0800, Don W. Jenkins <dwjenkins at sc-zg.com> wrote:
> I have Warty installed alongside two other Linux distros on my desktop
> so I can compare.  One thing perplexes me: I have a Proxim Orinoco PCI
> wireless card with the atheros chip, which Ubuntu finds and installs the
> modules for and then adds as ath0 in the networking tool.  The wireless
> link meter on my gnome toolbar shows the link to be on and running
> around 70-80%, just as it shows in Mepis after I activate ath0.  The
> card appears to be connected to the router and receiving the signal, but
> when I open Firefox or try to use apt-get nothing is happening.  When I
> look at the networking tool in Ubuntu, ath0 shows up as green but not
> enabled, and when I try to enable it, it only stays checked for a moment
> and then unchecks.  If I run sudo ifdown and then sudo ifup or sudo
> dhclient, it probes port for several times and then goes to sleep when
> it doesn't receive a response.  When I activate the card in Mepis, it
> receives an address right away.  So, I guess for some reason in Ubuntu
> the link is there, but the card is not being assigned an address by the
> router? Similarly, in SuSE, the card just starts working when I activate
> it with Yast.  Any notions what would make it appear to be connected and
> receiving a signal but not doing any work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Don J.
> 
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