Re: wireless-tools not working.

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

Sorry Celejar, I'm just getting used to this mail list idea as well.

Celejar wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:28:09 +1000
> Tony R Quilkey <trq@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > The following output is when I've started the machine without the script 
> > in /etc/rc.local.
>
> ...
>
> > ~ # 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
>
> OK, apparently your wifi card isn't properly associating with the AP.
>
> > Note, If I restart the machine after placing my script in /etc/rc.local 
> > this is the outcome.
>
> ...
>
> > ~ # 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
>
> Now it is.
>
> We need to figure out why the association isn't happening without your
> custom commands. Try (without your custom stuff) 'ifup wlan0 --force' to
> force the system to retry the configuration, and then re-run iwconfig
> to see if the association works.

Ok, were getting somewhere.

~ # sudo ifup wlan0 --force
SIOCADDRT: File exists

~ # s iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"TSP"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 
00:1C:F0:3A:F2:DC
          Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   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

This brings the card up and it is now working. The question now is why 
won't this happen on boot?

Thanks again,
Tony.

>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony.
>
> Celejar
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