Re: Banging my head accessing my wifi
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Mathieu Malaterre
<mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Tim Tebbit <ttebbit@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>>>> Here is part of dmesg:
>>>>
>>>>> [ 32.017203] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: firmware: requesting
>>>>> [ iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode 32.056427] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware
>>>>> [ version 228.57.2.23 32.056564] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio disabled by
>>>>> [ HW RF Kill switch
>>>>
>>>> Does this mean the radio switch is in the "off" position? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>> I do not understand what you mean. How do I turn this thing on ?
>>>
>>> Thx
>>
>> use iwconfig to see what status your card is in
>>
>> /sbin/iwconfig
>> lo no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth1 no wireless extensions.
>>
>> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>>
>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:""
>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
>> Tx-Power=off
>> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr: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
>>
>> irda0 no wireless extensions.
>>
>> Tx-Power=off means power is disabled (kill switch is off)
>>
>> you can activate this by the Fn+F<x> combination or hardware switch and with
>> iwconfig wlan0 txpower 15
>
> $ /sbin/iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
> Tx-Power=15 dBm
> Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr: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
>
> pan0 no wireless extensions.
>
>
> At least this means the hardware thingy is ON. Now I cannnot switch it
> off using the Fn+F<x> comb, I am guessing I am not using the right
> keyboard map...
Long story short, I was trying to access a sfr/neuf box. It comes with
two network: NEUF_wifi & NEUF_XXX
I was able to access the NEUF_wifi (public) without problem, this
means hardware was ok. But then I could not access NEUF_XXX.
On the back of the hardware device the WPA-PSK is written in clear
(don't ask). From the begining I thought I could use that...until I
actually connect to the interface (192.168.1.1) and discover that it
was setup to be WEP (with a substring of the password written on the
back of the hardware).
Changing to WPA-PSK, made everything work as expected.
Sorry for the noise, but I discover hal-info the in the process :)
--
Mathieu
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