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CheatCat
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 Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: Iwlwifi doesn't works with Intel 3945!! |
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I have this Wireless network card: | Code: | # lspci | grep Wirel
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) |
and followed the guide on http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Iwlwifi .
But I still not see any wlan device when typing ifconfig or iwconfig! | Code: | # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:d4:3c:59:2f
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:d4ff:fe3c:592f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1491 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1258507 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:231976 (226.5 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
vboxnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
vboxnet0 no wireless extensions. |
If any iwlwifi ḿodule is supposed to load, it isn't! | Code: | # lsmod
Module Size Used by
vboxnetadp 6584 0
vboxnetflt 12744 0
ext2 54924 1
vboxdrv 138416 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
nvidia 9576240 29 |
Please help me! 
And this card works on other Linux dists.
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Gef
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Hi
Please post the ouput of :
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zcat /proc/config.gz | grep IWL
cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
modprobe -v iwl3945
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0
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zlomek
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Show:
| Code: | cat /usr/src/linux/.config
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CheatCat
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Okey, here we go!
zcat /proc/config.gz | grep IWL: | Code: | | gzip: /proc/config.gz: No such file or directory |
cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules: | Code: | # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_net_rules
# program, run by the persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single
# line, and change only the value of the NAME= key.
# PCI device 0x8086:0x1092 (e100)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:16:d4:3c:59:2f", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" |
modprobe -v iwl3945: | Code: | | FATAL: Module iwl3945 not found. |
ifconfig wlan0 up: | Code: | | wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device |
iwconfig wlan0: | Code: | | wlan0 No such device |
And cat /usr/src/linux/.config gives a big wall of text so I put it here: http://pastebin.com/f37af6fd0 |
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Gef
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Ok ; your curent running kernel does not have a iwl3945.ko module, but your current /usr/src/linux kernel source tree states that you actually did compile a kernel with support for iwl3945 (your wifi network adaptater). Did you forget to reboot after building the kernel ?
Please also post the output of :
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$ uname -a
$ ls -alh /lib/modules/
$ find /lib/modules/ -iname iwl*.ko
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On another subject : next time you build a custom kernel, you may select CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC.
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│ Location:
│ -> General setup
│ -> Kernel .config support (IKCONFIG [=y])
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:23 am Post subject: |
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After compiling your kernel, you will need to install the firmware too :
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# emerge -av iwl3945-ucode
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CheatCat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah.. I have reboot alot of times..
| Code: | # uname -a
Linux Hot 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Mon Nov 30 22:06:22 CET 2009 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
# ls -alh /lib/modules/
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Nov 30 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4.0K Dec 21 18:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Dec 13 18:52 2.6.30-gentoo-r8
# find /lib/modules -iname iwl*.ko |
There is no iwl*.ko files anywhere.. I begin to understand what is wrong.
Yeah.. I have reboot alot of times..
| Code: | # uname -a
Linux Hot 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Mon Nov 30 22:06:22 CET 2009 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
# ls -alh /lib/modules/
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Nov 30 22:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4.0K Dec 21 18:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Dec 13 18:52 2.6.30-gentoo-r8
# find /lib/modules -iname iwl*.ko |
There is no iwl*.ko modules anywhere... I begin to understand what is wrong.
And yes, I have also emerge the ucode thing. Maybe I need to re-emerge network tools then because I emerged it before the ucode and installed the modules.
It can also have something to do with the switch that turn on/off the wlan, now it was on whole the time and maybe it should be off before everything is installed.
EDIT: Maybe you mean this when you say ls -alh /lib/modules/: | Code: | # ls -lah /lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r8/
total 100K
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Dec 13 18:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Nov 30 22:06 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 30 22:06 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r
8
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Nov 30 22:06 kernel
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 13 18:52 misc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Dec 13 18:52 modules.alias
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 680 Dec 13 18:52 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Dec 13 18:52 modules.ccwmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926 Dec 13 18:52 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.5K Dec 13 18:52 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 Dec 13 18:52 modules.ieee1394map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 Dec 13 18:52 modules.inputmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81 Dec 13 18:52 modules.isapnpmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74 Dec 13 18:52 modules.ofmap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95 Nov 30 22:06 modules.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281 Dec 13 18:52 modules.pcimap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43 Dec 13 18:52 modules.seriomap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.4K Dec 13 18:52 modules.symbols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K Dec 13 18:52 modules.symbols.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.8K Dec 13 18:52 modules.usbmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Nov 30 22:06 source -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-
r8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 13 00:16 video |
EDIT2: There is iwl*.ko files here:
| Code: | # find / -name iwl*.ko
/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko
/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, can you post this :
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# cd /usr/src/linux
# cat .config | grep -i 802
# cat .config | grep -i kill
# cat .config | grep -i iwl
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CheatCat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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You was fast! :O
cat .config | grep -i 802: | Code: | # CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set
CONFIG_CFG80211=y
# CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_LIB80211=y
CONFIG_LIB80211_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_MAC80211=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y
# CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID is not set
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel"
# CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set
CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y
# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS is not set
# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set
# CONFIG_WLAN_PRE80211 is not set
CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y
# CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM is not set
# CONFIG_LEDS_BD2802 is not set
# CONFIG_RTC_DRV_BQ4802 is not set |
cat .config | grep -i kill: | Code: | CONFIG_RFKILL=y
# CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT is not set
CONFIG_RFKILL_LEDS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_RFKILL=y |
cat .config | grep -i iwl: | Code: | CONFIG_IWLWIFI=m
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS=y
CONFIG_IWLWIFI_RFKILL=y
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_SPECTRUM_MEASUREMENT is not set
# CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_IWLAGN is not set
CONFIG_IWL3945=m
CONFIG_IWL3945_SPECTRUM_MEASUREMENT=y |
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zlomek
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe:
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CONFIG_IWLWIFI=y
CONFIG_IWL3945=y
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CheatCat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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But it stands on the wiki that the things should be build as modules (m).  |
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| CheatCat wrote: | | But it stands on the wiki that the things should be build as modules (m). |
and the wiki is correct - keep it as a module
So the fact that modprobe doesn't find it, but it exists at
| Code: | | /usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko |
would strongly hint at the notion that you need to cd into /usr/src/linux and type "make modules_install"
then:
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modprobe -v iwl3945
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and show is the output
if for some reason after doing that, the assuming you've already merged the ucode, then try loading the module by hand with:
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insmod /usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko
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and post back if it errors out with what you saw.
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CheatCat
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| cach0rr0 wrote: |
and the wiki is correct - keep it as a module
So the fact that modprobe doesn't find it, but it exists at
| Code: | | /usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko |
would strongly hint at the notion that you need to cd into /usr/src/linux and type "make modules_install"
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THANK YOU! That actually do the trick! 
Now I have the wlan0 driver in the list when typing ifconfig or iwconfig and everything seems to works.
I haven't manged to connect on boot yet and get errors that some commands doesn't exist! Here is my /etc/conf.d/net file: | Code: | modules=("iwconfig")
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid NETGEAR |
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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no idea, i never configure wireless by hand
I always use wicd, which makes things much easier - if you have X working and all that, should check it out, and avoid the pain of having to configure things like wpa_supplicant.conf by hand
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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In fact, you should use WICD, because wpa_supplicant is hard to configure the first time.
But, for the record, can you post this :
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# ifconfig -a
# iwconfig
# iwlist scan
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Zeerak
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Hmm I use wpa-supplicant, and it was hard to do the first time, but more so because the explanation in the handbook was hard to understand (for me) and it seemed to leave out some things that are relevant.
However, here's my wpa_supplicant.conf and /etc/conf.d/net
conf.d/net:
| Code: | This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
preferred_aps=("ESSID1" "ESSID2")
essid_wlan0="any" |
and wpa_supplicant.conf:
| Code: | # The below line mustn't be changed, otherwise the wireless won't work
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
# Allowing users to acces the WPA config
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
# Letting wpa_supplicant scan and select AccessPoint (AP)
ap_scan=1
# Network Specific information:
# Home - Aalborg
network={
ssid="Foobar1"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="XXXXXXXXXXXXX"
priority=5
}
# Home - Copenhagen
network={
ssid="Foo"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="XXXXXXXXXXX"
priority=2
}
# Uni - Basis
network={
ssid="bar"
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=4
}
# Train: Aarhus - Copenhagen
network={
ssid="TDC"
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=1
} |
and her's a site to help configure: http://manual.sidux.com/en/internet-connecting-wpa-en.htm
I used WICD for a while (before configuring wpa_supplicant mind you) but I found that it ran rather unstable and would disconnect me from accesspoints (amongst these my home network that has three computers on it and can support 40) and reconnect me randomly, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one/one of the few, but I decided it was easier just to remove WICD and configure wpa_supplicant. And I haven't experienced anything remotely kin to an error since. 
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CheatCat
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I rather like to use network tools (iwconfig) than wpa-supplicant because I have no encryption.
ifconfig -a: | Code: | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:d4:3c:59:2f
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:568 (568.0 B) TX bytes:568 (568.0 B)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
vboxnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:02:54:84:be
inet addr:192.168.1.7 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::213:2ff:fe54:84be/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:23915 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24541 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:23206879 (22.1 MiB) TX bytes:4941518 (4.7 MiB)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-13-02-54-84-BE-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
-00
UP RUNNING MTU:0 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) |
iwconfig: | Code: | lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:18:4D:83:97:AA
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
vboxnet0 no wireless extensions. |
iwlist scan: | Code: | lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:4D:83:97:AA
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=55/70 Signal level=-55 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000004ee4649187
Extra: Last beacon: 4ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00074E455447454152
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020000
vboxnet0 Interface doesn't support scanning. |
I think that I need a net script thing. |
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