Re: wireless-tools not working.

[Tony R Quilkey <trq@iinet.net.au>]

Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2008 12:51:52 +1000
> Tony R Quilkey <trq@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> > Pretty new to this, running sid.
>
> Hi!
>
> > Using the following wifi configuration within my /etc/network/interfaces 
> > file fails.
>
> ...
>
> > auto wlan0
> > iface wlan0 inet static
> >      address 192.168.10.2
> >      netmask 255.0.0.0
> >      network 192.168.10.255
> >      gateway 192.168.10.1
> >      wireless-mode managed
> >      wireless-essid TSP
> >      wireless-key AC45FE23ED3EDF51A78CDE45F1
> >      dns-nameservers 192.168.10.100
> >      dns-search thorpesystems.local
> >
> > The only related message I seem to be able to find in /var/log/dmesg is 
> > this....
> >
> > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>
> After doing 'ifup wlan0', what is the result of 'ifconfig wlan0' and
> 'iwconfig wlan0'?
>
> > Tony.
>
> Celejar
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Thanks for taking a look Celejar,

The following output is when I've started the machine without the script 
in /etc/rc.local.

~ # sudo ifup wlan0
ifup: interface wlan0 already configured

~ # sudo ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1c:f0:89:f5:10
          inet addr:192.168.10.2  Bcast:192.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP 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:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

~ # sudo iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point:
Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Note, If I restart the machine after placing my script in /etc/rc.local 
this is the outcome.

~ # sudo ifup wlan0
ifup: interface wlan0 already configured

~ # sudo ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1c:f0:89:f5:10
          inet addr:192.168.10.2  Bcast:192.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:fe89:f510/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:175 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:36915 (36.0 KiB)  TX bytes:20839 (20.3 KiB)

~ # sudo iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"TSP"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 
00:1C:F0:3A:F2:DC
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry limit:24   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
          Encryption key:AC45-FE23-ED3E-DF51-A78C-DE45-F3
          Link Quality=29/100  Signal level=-64 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Also note that this doesn't seem to work when I simply call the script 
in /etc/rc.local directly then try to ifup wlan0, I need to actually 
restart the machine for it to take effect.

Thanks,
Tony.