Re: Airport

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>]

>> After doing this, try running
>> # ifup wvlan0
>
>I got 'Operation failed'
>
>> Also, check ifconfig wvlan0 and see if you've got a good hardware address.
>
>I got:
>
>wvlan0     Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:1D:23:A6:8B
>                BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>                RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>                TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>                collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>                Interrupt:22

Do ifconfig wvlan0 up <ip address> <netmask>

also, you should compile the wireless tools or enable the wireless
support in the kernel so that you have /proc/net/wireless. This way, you
can check that your card has the link with the base station.