On 06/22/11 at 10:35pm, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I'm trying to set up wireless on a Thinkpad T41. I'm using the ath5K
> module and this brings up wlan0 as expected. I fiddled all day with
> /etc/network/interfaces with no luck. I then tried wicd and this does
> show my router, but it won't connect. Are there any tweaks that may make
> it connect?
>
> The router does not have encryption but broadcast of its essid is
> disabled. This does not prevent wicd from seeing it.
I don't use wicd, so I can't speak to that. You can try to connect directly as
follows for testing, though:
iwconfig wlan0 scan //look for your network
iwconfig wlan0 essid ${ESSID} key "s:your_passphrase" //associate to your network with WEP
dhclient wlan0
then see what you've got. Normal network troubleshooting applies.. listen for
traffic, try pinging your router, check your routing table and netmask, etc.
etc.
--
Liam
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