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Re: How select the access point manually in a wireless network?



On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 05:44:17AM -0700, Adrian Rocha wrote:
> It doesn't works
> I try this in a place when I have signal of booth access points
> I attached the the console screen:
> 
> (when I'm in the first floor)
> [root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1
> eth1      IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"TCORP"  Nickname:""
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: 00:3A:99:0C:27:30   
>           Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:24 dBm   
>           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Managementmode:All packets received
>           Link Quality=3/5  Signal level=-69 dBm  Noise level=-82 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:42  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:71  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> (in the second)
> [root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1
> eth1      IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"TCORP"  Nickname:""
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.417 GHz  Access Point: 00:22:0C:94:CD:10   
>           Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:24 dBm   
>           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Managementmode:All packets received
>           Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=-52 dBm  Noise level=-82 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:45  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:85  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> (and I try this in the middle)
> [root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1 ap 00:3A:99:0C:27:30
> [root@rocha-ar /]# iwconfig eth1
> eth1      IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"TCORP"  Nickname:""
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.417 GHz  Access Point: 00:22:0C:94:CD:10   
>           Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power:24 dBm   
>           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Power Managementmode:All packets received
>           Link Quality=4/5  Signal level=-65 dBm  Noise level=-89 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:45  Rx invalid frag:0
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


>           Tx excessive retries:86  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> The access point doesn't change
> 

OK. But do you need to be entering a password with the "key" parameter?

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Regards,
Freeman

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