No eth1 wireless

[David G. Miller]

"Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14/05/07, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
>> > "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>>     
>>> > > [root at localhost ~]# iwlist eth1 scan
>>> > > eth1      No scan results
>>> > >
>>>       
>> > The above isn't good news.  I'd guess that the above means that the
>> > wireless driver isn't working.  My laptop gives me a list of APs as long
>> > as they are there to be found (even when the ESSID isn't being broadcast).
>>     
>
> Not good.
>
>   
>>> > > However, there is something there:
>>> > >
>>> > > [root at localhost ~]# iwconfig eth1
>>> > > eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
>>> > >           Mode:Managed  Frequency=nan kHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>>> > >           Bit Rate=0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm
>>> > >           Retry limit:15   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:130   Missed beacon:0
>>>       
>> > I think you'll see this as long as the driver loads.  Everything that's
>> > being reported indicates that the driver isn't getting anything from the
>> > radio: no packets, no signal quality, etc.  The "invalid misc" is
>> > interesting since it's the only non-zero value.
>> >
>> > I kind of jumped into the middle of this thread.  What does lspci say is
>> > your wireless card?  Are you using a native driver or ndiswrapper?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Dave
>> >
>>     
>
> Thanks, I'm using the native driver. Here's lspci:
>
> [root at localhost ~]# lspci
> --snip--
> 0b:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
> Network Connection (rev 02)
>
> Dotan Cohen
There is another thread discussing how to get your wireless working.  
See the thread "Re: Intel Pro Wireless 3945".  Given the length of the 
other discussion, it sounds like there are some actions that are very 
specific to your wireless device that are required.

Cheers,
Dave

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