Re: wireless PCI card

[Jason Rennie <jrennie@csail.mit.edu>]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:09:08AM -0800, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote:
> ok the output that you sent told us that the card is
> already recognized, so please try the following

Really?  I'm skeptical.  I don't think it's fully recognized yet.  Why
would iwconfig report "NOT READY!"?

> #iwlist scanning

jrennie@syrah:~$ iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      No scan results

> #iwconfig eth1 essid [network essid] channel [channel]
> ap [access point] 

jrennie@syrah:~$ iwconfig eth1 essid RENNIE channel 6 ap any
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted.

> And that's all if you have a dhcp then just wait in
> order that one ip is assigned, if not assign an ip by
> hand with ifconfig.

I'm using a DSL wireless router, so yes, the card should be able to
pick up an IP via DHCP.

Jason