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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:47 pm    Post subject: iwconfig wlan0 rate 802.11b, not working help please Reply with quote

Hello all thank you for reading this ok so im trying to connect to my wireless ap at school with ndiswrapper, kernel-2.24, and the drivers bcmw15 (Broadcom).

I tried connecting with:
Code:

#iwconfig wlan0 essid "100"
and #iwconfig wlan0 essid 100


then i tried specifying the freq, and channel options. Got the info from " iwlist wlan0 scan" gave me. That did'nt work so i fiqure it is a problem with the protocol since the schools AP uses 802.11b and my "iwconfig" says i have 802.11G although it should change automatically to the AP's protocol so i tried setting the protocol myself and this is what i got.

Code:
 bash-2.05b# iwconfig wlan0 rate 802.11b
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.


I know my card has backwards compatibility for 802.11b/g. So as to that I am stumped I searched the forums found nothing maybe someone can help me.

oh and this is the iwlist scan
Code:

bash-2.05b# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:0D:54:99:E8:50
                    ESSID:"100"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-69 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
                    Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

try
# iwconfig wlan0 rate auto

that works better. :wink:
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