my router hates me

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

OK, this is what we know:
You are connected to your router via ethernet   :)
Your wireless works... 

Is your ESSID one of:
>                      ESSID:"linksys"
>                      ESSID:"2WIRE860"

And is the MAC address of the wireless interface of your router either of:
>            Cell 01 - Address: 00:23:69:56:30:F9
>            Cell 02 - Address: 00:1F:B3:00:01:A9

If so, your router is out there.
Look at the syntax of iwconfig and do:
ifconfig eth1 up
iwconfig essid <your ESSID> eth1
dhclient eth1 

If you get an IP address, and can talk to your router, your issue is with 
the graphical interface.
Maybe...   ;-)
ET 

PS: DO NOT connect to the same router with both interfaces (or same subnet).
It may work, but it will break... 

 


Robert Holtzman writes: 

> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote: 
> 
>> What's the output of:
>> iwlist <whatever my wlan interface is> scan ? 
>>
>> You may have to do:
>> ifconfig <whatever my wlan interface is> up
>> first.
> 
> eth1      Scan completed :
>            Cell 01 - Address: 00:23:69:56:30:F9
>                      ESSID:"linksys"
>                      Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                      Mode:Master
>                      Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>                      Encryption key:on
>                      Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
>                                11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>                                48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                      Quality=98/100  Signal level=-26 dBm
>                      IE: WPA Version 1
>                          Group Cipher : TKIP
>                          Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
>                          Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>                      Extra: Last beacon: 32ms ago
>            Cell 02 - Address: 00:1F:B3:00:01:A9
>                      ESSID:"2WIRE860"
>                      Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
>                      Mode:Master
>                      Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>                      Encryption key:on
>                      Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>                                9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>                                48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                      Quality=37/100  Signal level=-78 dBm
>                      Extra: Last beacon: 508ms ago 
> 
> The above with a wired connection (if that makes a difference). 
> 
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