From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O3vPk-0006Yx-Nq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:09:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B87AE095B for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:09:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 451E7E07BC for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:26:16 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,236,1270422000"; d="scan'208";a="189488389" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 19 Apr 2010 18:26:15 +0100 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DFD66C486 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:26:13 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <1745500F-57FA-45AE-AC3C-5828481F024E@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP? Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:26:14 +0100 References: <201004182228.10580.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 0e7bbf60-18d1-47c0-97a9-262f4bb136a0 X-Archives-Hash: 422026b96fabd0f572cf30af6a0d5ec5 On 18 Apr 2010, at 23:35, Mick wrote: > ... > OK, I found what the problem was ... the AP is currently transmitting > on channel 13, which it seems is outside the capabilities of the b43 > driver. I am blaming the driver here because the Windows 7 OS has no > problem using channel 13, while iwlist wlan0 in Gentoo shows only up > to channel 11. :-( There might be an option to change the region of your wifi NIC. Channels 12 & 13 are legal in Europe, IIRC, but not in the USA. You should be able to change the channel of the AP - typically they have a drop-down which will choose either "auto" or a specific channel. Likewise I have seen some APs ask what region you're in when they're first setup. Stroller.