problem scanning wifi lans

[NoOp]

On 11/02/2009 02:55 AM, Luca Ferrari wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've got a curios problem: when using the wifi from the network manager applet 
> the card works fine, but if I try to run it from the command line I can neither 
> do a normal scan:
> 
> root at fluca-laptop:~# lspci | grep Wi
> 05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
> root at fluca-laptop:~# iwlist scan
> lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.
> 
> eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
> 
> wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.
> 
> wlan0     No scan results
> 
> pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
> 
> 
> No scan results for wlan0 but the applet shows me all the APs in the 
> neighbourhood...any idea?
> 
> Thanks,
> Luca
> 

Have a look through some of these:
<https://edge.launchpad.net/+search?field.text="WiFi+Link+5100"+%2Bkarmic>
and
<https://edge.launchpad.net/+search?field.text="WiFi+Link+5100"+%2Bkarmic+%2Biwlist&field.actions.search=Search>