Cannot connect to my wireless AP

[Feral]

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan actually scans for available wireless APs - it was
showing the one I had set up.

In any case, I have solved it by using a static IP.


On 1/4/07, James Gray <james at gray.net.au> wrote:
>
> Feral wrote:
> > Hey there.
> >
> > I'm having some major issues connecting to my wireless AP (D-Link
> > G604T), with my Belkin F5D7050, using the RT73 drivers.
>
> Just so that I'm not reading this wrong, your PC/Lappy has a SINGLE
> wireless interface (the Belkin F5D7050) and you have a single access
> point (the D-Link).
>
> Based on this interpretation...
>
> > I have turned off WEP/WPA, manually set the channel to 6, and made sure
> > the ESSID is the same.
> >
> > When I run "sudo iwlist wlan0 scan":
> > wlan0     Scan completed :
> >               Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:9A:12:03:7A
> >                     ESSID:"DLINK"
> >                     Mode:Master
>
> "Mode Master" is ONLY used to turn your wireless card into an access
> point.  You probably want to use "Managed" mode which is used when you
> have an access point.
>
> Read "man iwconfig" for the details about the modes.
>
> > When I run "sudo iwconfig":
> > wmaster0  IEEE 802.11g  Frequency:2.437 GHz
> >                    RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
> >
> > wlan0        IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"DLINK"
> >                   Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:
> > Not-Associated
> >                   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
> >                   Encryption key:off
> >
> > I cannot, for the life of me, seem to get my wireless card to connect to
> > my AP, even though I can clearly see it if I scan for it.
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea what might be up? Bear in mind I've been using
> > linux a grand total of two days so far - so I'm not very good at doing
> > this kind of thing.
>
> The ONLY things you should need in your /etc/network/interfaces file (to
> connect to a completely open, and unencrypted access point):
>
> (WARING! DO *NOT* remove the loopback entry "lo", just add the following
> stanza)
>
> --- /etc/network/interfaces ---
>
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>         wireless-essid  DLINK
>
> auto wlan0
>
> --- /etc/network/interfaces ---
>
> And that should do it.  You don't need to specify the channel/frequency
> if your card can scan (which it can).  The wmaster0 interface is totally
> unnecessary in your case. :)
>
> HTH,
>
> James
>
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