From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EFrvQ-0004yz-0s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:29:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8FBNRAx023656; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:23:27 GMT Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.201]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8FBNQOr011237 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:23:27 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x37so61198nfc for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:28:18 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eOAU+em+1AYuE/cK/DdpUVBvDaNVJbktVUIzB+kddfgzntGE82XyJaaWMwFQBhlHMCO7jObxsNtdNqxaxPWE3pbyolmr3P8aYyzehzmWk+f9etUbSudtzf9r7ZzYM5lMSP8k8oQypgRnQhqAyppRKwdI41gCzUEI9kJaLCVrq8Q= Received: by 10.49.5.13 with SMTP id h13mr91460nfi; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:28:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.157.1 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:28:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <647a4058050915042872833632@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:28:17 +0200 From: Jordi Molina To: gentoo-laptop@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Compaq laptop pcmcia wireless network setup In-Reply-To: <4328676C.3000408@loganet.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-laptop@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-laptop@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <4328676C.3000408@loganet.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j8FBNQOr011237 X-Archives-Salt: 205c9512-4f1a-4260-8e2e-d8491ddf3397 X-Archives-Hash: aa1f7685bcc71df5686c6d5621028f06 What's the output of "iwlist scan" ? On 9/14/05, Don Doumakes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I've just reinstalled Gentoo on my laptop, which seemed like a good idea > at the time. Now I can't get the wireless card to see any access > points, though it worked before. I could use some help from a wireless > guru, or from somebody who has a similar configuration working. > > (hoary old) Compaq Armada 7800 > Netgear PCMCIA wireless card, MA521 (RealTek 8190 chipset) > Gentoo Linux from 2005.1 liveCD > kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 > wireless-tools version 27 > rtl8180 version 0.21-r1 > Modules r8180, ieee80211_r8180, ieee80211_crypt_r8180 are all loaded. > > When I run "/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start" the output is: > > * Starting wlan0 > * Configuring wireless network for wlan0 > * no access points found > * Couldn't find any access points on wlan0 > * Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 > > I've attempted this in several locations where I know there are access > points (e.g. outside a restaurant that advertises wireless access), so > I'm convinced the problem is on the laptop rather than on the access > points I tried to use. I could be wrong about that I suppose. I don't > have my own access point to experiment with. > > I've saved all files from /etc before I did the reinstall, so if it > would help to know about an old version of /etc/whatever, I do have that > available. > > Any clues would be appreciated. > > Don Doumakes > > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The output of iwconfig is: > > lo no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11b Mode:Auto Frequency:2.462 GHz > Access Point: CA:BF:38:95:CA:BF Bit Rate=11 Mb/s > Retry:on Fragment thr:off > Encryption key: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 > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Why sign? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signature#Uses > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDKGdr4z/oWR9zVv0RAuImAJ4s/Cl9fSrqC5vWglpEg+v6YEPDZgCdEc0+ > CRdAmK66xeFIgnWHFqgJA7o= > =LSsE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > gentoo-laptop@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Jordi Molina Casas (warp3r) mail: warp3r@gmail.com www: www.warp3r.com If you're still sending mail to warper@eresmas, please update your address book, my current email is warp3r@gmail.com -- gentoo-laptop@gentoo.org mailing list