Re: After last upgrade (sid) thz connection wifi doesn't work

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:02:16 +0200
Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:07:00PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> >From: Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
> >To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: Re: After last upgrade (sid) thz connection wifi doesn't work
> 
> >Try stopping the avahi-daemon; it can apparently muck things up.  
> same result.
> 
> >What does 'iwconfig ath0' give?
> ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"JAG76"  Nickname:""
>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
>            Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   Sensitivity=1/1  
>            Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>            Encryption key:off
>            Power Management:off
>            Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-96 dBm  Noise level=-96 dBm
>            Rx invalid nwid:259252  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Ok, so the card is apparently not associated with the AP.  What does
'iwlist ath0 scan' give?  Does 'ifconfig ath0 up' followed by 'iwconfig
ath0 essid nnnnnnnn' accomplish anything?

Celejar
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