2009/1/20 Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:11:56 +0800
"Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:That is why wicd doesn't find any wireless networks, if iwlist doesn't work
> 2009/1/20 Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il>
>
> > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:15:55 +0800
> > "Umarzuki Mochlis" <umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > > Looks like it's pointing in the right direction. Does it see you
> > wireless
> > > > when
> > > > you open the window (under available wireless connections)
> > > >
> > > > If so, you need to choose your ap click that little triangle by the
> > name,
> > > > check
> > > > automatically connect to this network if you wish and click advanced
> > > > settings
> > > > to setup things like wep password and such.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately nothing appears when I did that which leads me to make this
> > > post in the first place.
> > >
> >
> > what does iwlist eth1 scan show? (that is what wicd is supposed to use
> > behind
> > the scenes)
> >
>
> eden:~# iwlist eth1 scan
> eth1 Failed to read scan data : Invalid argument
>
manually it won't work for wicd, so your problem (apart for what's mentioned
bellow) is enabling scanning on the wireless interface.
Looks from this thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790778
that the driver may be problematic, he recommends using ndiswrapper. see if
that makes iwlist work for you
when i got to the last step to load the .inf file, it says i didn't install the module.
When using wicd and network manager your /etc/network/interfaces should contain
>
> >
> > did you check that /etc/network/interfaces doesn't mention the wireless
> > interface?
> >
>
only the loopback device
You should comment out everything below this for wicd and network manager ...
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> allow-hotplug eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid my-office
>
>
>
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>
>
> >
> > > >
> > > > Some public access points also have a transparent proxy that requires
> > you
> > > > to
> > > > authenticate when you start browsing (my uni is that way, you need to
> > enter
> > > > a
> > > > wpa key and then enter your username/password in the browser before you
> > can
> > > > access outside connections).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Same situation in my office but the network cannot be detected which
> > leads
> > > me to think there must but something amiss.
> > >
> > [... snip ...]
> >
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