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Re: How to wifi with ipw3945 on Dell Vostro ???



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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