From: Saphirus Sage <saphirus497@gmail.com>
To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:32:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <16D3BC4F-4817-4A54-831E-F5C1E9C7463F@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090201004124.4740f930@amparo>
On Jan 31, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Arnau Bria <arnau@emergetux.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed wicd and configured as
> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/Wicd on Fedora says.
>
> *Just starting its daemon
>
> But when I open it I only see my wired conection.
> My wireless interface is avaliable via ifconfig:
> # iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan1 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-
> Associated
> Tx-Power=0 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
> 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:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> # ifconfig wlan1
> wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:3B:2A:6D:0F
> 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)
>
>
> But it does not appear in wicd client.
> I'd like to use WEP keys, and I see no refernce to that option in
> prefernces tab... only WPA.
>
>
> Anyone with experience on wicd could give me some help, plesae?
>
> TIA,
> Arnau
>
Just click the tab next to each BSSID, and check "enable encryption".
Then, click the tab on what type of encryption, select WEP(hex), as
ASCII support is a bit limited. Enter in the relevent information and
join the network.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-31 17:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-01 0:41 [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces Arnau Bria
2009-01-31 17:32 ` Saphirus Sage [this message]
2009-02-01 1:52 ` Arnau Bria
2009-01-31 18:01 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-01-31 19:35 ` Arnau Bria
2009-01-31 19:33 ` Saphirus Sage
2009-01-31 20:56 ` Arnau Bria
2009-01-31 20:18 ` Arnau Bria
2009-02-01 2:21 ` Arnau Bria
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