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 1O4BEj-000366-AU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:03:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2950EE0A68 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:03:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912F5E08F7 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so2204790fgg.10 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:21:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=X2RIy7bl2dMF4eypSV43XtMtw42wTg0RvjwdFwMg6Mc=; b=p3KAzii7qEbuljGCDgbqOULVQY5RtFacnHUZTOdC+4GaHgSu65KGJwffwAiAyB1cQF 7Acp1nxCqCvs0ubrV1oDVlmjk6bcbeIB994tntcbnwv0uq8FTxNiAhzdWEbnoviGS2iJ VfNkc8hN8gMNwAwGjtcZfKUiIV5wPie3Q1Aj4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=AbVTeoXdYJcV3TD+RdNL2ZJLxlb+G9lpkm9wVSDjf1dWdcysX1rXsZuAYKfot0Rsdv QHZSCGdXSXKN/wCQNJGo2L5XuQ/IjkTEg6myC0Yz8nPHOQI/MqsbwMu1TcP8KG6r2GML uVUTeZ2Y47IHA+sqTukX3AHEwbQk7b/+T57bI= 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 Received: by 10.223.116.147 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:21:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201004182228.10580.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <1745500F-57FA-45AE-AC3C-5828481F024E@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <201004192024.19943.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:21:33 +0100 Received: by 10.223.17.155 with SMTP id s27mr932463faa.13.1271758893343; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where's my wireless AP? From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 2e90d2cd-9195-4e4c-98fa-1bb0e8781bda X-Archives-Hash: 1452c9e249ab76d7fbc1d066d918e37c On 20 April 2010 02:27, Paul Hartman wrote: > I think the proper country code is GB not UK, maybe that's why it didn't work. > > With iw try: > > iw reg set GB > > or in your wpa_supplicant config: > > country=GB > > Thanks Paul, good pointer. It seems that the UK also has GB as well 'UK' as its alpha2 code. Anyway, I changed 'country=GB' in my wpa_supplicant but unfortunately it is not being picked up: # iwlist wlan0 freq wlan0 11 channels in total; available frequencies : Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) then: # iw reg set GB # iw reg get country US: (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 27) (5170 - 5190 @ 40), (6, 23) (5190 - 5210 @ 40), (6, 23) (5210 - 5230 @ 40), (6, 23) (5230 - 5330 @ 40), (6, 23) (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (6, 30) # iw list Wiphy phy0 Band 1: Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (27.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (27.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (27.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (27.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (27.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (27.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (27.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (27.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (27.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (27.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (27.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled) * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled) * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) Hmm, it's stuck in US mode for some reason. Firmware? -- Regards, Mick