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Yoda_Oz
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 Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject: Can't find any wireless networks... |
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hi,
after spending hours trying to set up my wireless card (which, now if i knew how to do it should have taken about 15mins...) i cannot get the card to find any networks.
i have another computer which i want to connect to as an ad-hoc network. ive had that set up before through windows where the desktop pc is connected to the internet and then i set up internet connection sharing and share it through the wireless card on that computer. then i can connect my laptop to that wireless network and i can instantly connect to the internet...
however, in linux i cannot connect to the host computer. im using a program called WaveLAN Skanner (gtkskan) and that cannot find any networks either...
what do i need to setup in my wireless settings to make it detect my desktop pc?
thank you
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hullabaluh
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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You can try "iwlist scanning" which should show you informations of all BSS'
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phoenix ~ # iwlist scanning
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0D:88:B9:66:44
Mode:Master
Encryption key:****-****-****-****-**
Quality=44/94 Signal level=-51 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Mode:Master
ESSID:"wullanetz"
Frequency:2.437GHz (channel 6)
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5Mb/s
Bit Rate:6Mb/s
Bit Rate:9Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Bit Rate:12Mb/s
Bit Rate:18Mb/s
Bit Rate:24Mb/s
Bit Rate:36Mb/s
Bit Rate:48Mb/s
Bit Rate:54Mb/s
eth2 No scan results
phoenix ~ #
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Yoda_Oz
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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the results of iwconfig:
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yodaoz root # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Channel:10 Access Point: FF:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
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
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this is my results of iwlist scanning:
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yodaoz root # iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported
eth0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 02:E0:45:01:E9:30
ESSID:"16SO302WT"
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:10
Encryption key:off
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what does this mean?[/code]
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hullabaluh
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Even in a ad-hoc network a network manager has to be present. For this a computer (in this case your windoze box i think) uses a 128bit random number to create an BSS (a radio cell within which one the computers can communicate). That's the ESSID. Your network is on channel 10 and no encryption is used. I don't know which address the ADDRESS is. The one of the linux-box or the windoze-pc (would be the "master").
I've never built an ad-hoc network but I think you can now type
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iwconfig eth0 mode ad-hoc
iwconfig eth0 channel 10
iwconfig eth0 essid 16SO302WT
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Perhaps it works after the first command, perhaps it doesn't work at all. Perhaps you have to adjust the default gateway. In /etc/conf.d/net you have to indicate the default gateway. This would be something like
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gateway="eth0/<ip-of-your-router>"
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But I don't know if your Doze-Box routes correctly. If Redmond accepts standards it porbably will.
Good luck
Aurel
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Yoda_Oz
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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here tis:
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yodaoz root # iwconfig eth0 mode ad-hoc
yodaoz root # iwconfig eth0 channel 10
yodaoz root # iwconfig eth0 essid 16SO302WT
yodaoz root # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"16SO302WT"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Channel:10 Cell: 02:E0:45:01:E9:30
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
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
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ive also added the gateway line to my /etc/con.f/net.
the ip address of my windoze gateway is 192.168.0.1.
the essid shown here is not a random number... its one i made up.
i still cant seem to get a 'link'. how do i make the windoze pc the master?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| witch wireless card ? |
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Yoda_Oz
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Actiontec PCMCIA 802.11b wireless PC Card.
i got it all working eventually... it was actually a piece of piss.
i just typed in the above commands:
iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc
iwconfig eth1 essid 16so302wt
and in the net.conf i added 192.168.0.1 as the default gateway and then everything worked...
i edited the conf file in the /etc/network/pcmcia (or whatever, im not sure of the exact directory or file now) which allowed me to make the settings id just written above to be used everytime the wireless card is turned on.
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