On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 10:37:15AM -0500, Michael Shuler wrote: > On 10/11/2007 10:11 AM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [snipped wacky wireless crap] > > > > I'm planning to wipe that lappy and start over anyway (need to use > > encryption) so I'll start over from scratch on the wireless. If I get > > anything useful I'll post it up. > > I simply use the interfaces file with mapping for the various wireless > networks I use, and a script with 'iwlist eth1 scan' to figure out which > AP I am in range of. > > I do not recall where I stumbled across this setting, but it definitely > helped my issues with connecting to some APs from my T60 w/ipw3945. I > added the 'associate=1' option to the module load, and all was well: > > $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/ipw3945d > install ipw3945 modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 associate=1 && > /etc/init.d/ipw3945d modprobe-start > remove ipw3945 /etc/init.d/ipw3945d modprobe-stop && modprobe -r > --ignore-remove ipw3945 ooh, that looks promising. thanks A
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