Re: Re: Wireless AP not being seen
Alberto Alonso (sp-1757810@ggsys.net) wrote:
> When you do
>
> iwconfig wlan0 essid <essid>
>
> are you using the broadcom chipset?
Indeed.
lspci -v:
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0000:00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 00e7
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at d0004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
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And here are the relevant portions of my /etc/network/interfaces:
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auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid <id snipped>
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
pre-up /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key open <key snipped>
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HTH,
Ron
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