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Re: trouble connecting to some wifi access points



On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:45:49AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> I am having trouble connecting to one of the wifi APs in my neighborhood. 
> Following is my connection script.
> 
> 	sudo  iwconfig ath0 essid "linksys"
> 	sudo  iwconfig ath0 ap 00:18:39:20:29:CA
> 	sudo  dhclient ath0
I usually do 'sudo /sbin/ifup ath0'
> 	sudo  iwlist ath0 scan 
> 	sudo  ping xspace.com
> 
> Following is the output when I run the script:
> 
> 	sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> 	wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
> 	sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> 	wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
> 	Listening on LPF/ath0/00:0d:88:bb:51:91
> 	Sending on   LPF/ath0/00:0d:88:bb:51:91
> 	Sending on   Socket/fallback/fallback-net
> 	DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> 	DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> 	DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> 	DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
> 	DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> 	DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
> 	bound to 192.168.1.109 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
> 	ath0      Scan completed :
>          	 Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:39:20:29:CA
>                   	  ESSID:"linksys"
>                   	  Mode:Master
>                   	  Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>                   	  Quality=34/94  Signal level=-61 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>                   	  Encryption key:off
>                   	  Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>                               	9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>                               	48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                   	  Extra:bcn_int=100
> 

This looks fine. what is 'sudo /sbin/route' show?


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