Wireless problems

[laurence orchard]

Alan wrote:
> I have a Broadcom chipset wireless card running under F8 (64-bit).  I have
> the correct firmware installed. The wlan0 interface comes up.
>
> If I try using the Network setup to connect to a wireless network much of
> the time it refuses to connect.
>
> If I use Wireless Assistant, i get a small list of networks.  I can
> connect to them, but much of the time I cannot get a dhcp address. If I
> can connect, the connection is spotty and will hang and disconnect often.
>
> If I scan the network with Kismet I see a large number of networks in the
> area,  (Many which Wireless Assistant does not see.)
>
> Do I need to use the command line to connect?  Is there a different dhcp
> client I should have installed?
>
> Is there a known bug here?
>
> I had this working in F7.  (And FC6 and before.)
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
>   
hi
i've had this problem before when there are a large number of networks, 
the problem i found was that everyone was trying to use the default 
channel 6. changing to a different channel fixed the problem

laurence