my router hates me

kitepilot at kitepilot.com kitepilot at kitepilot.com
Fri Jun 12 15:39:37 MST 2009


BTW...
You seem to have the router configured for WPA.
WPA won't work without some serious tinkering and some other resources, like 
servers and all sort of ugly stuff.
That may be the source of your problem.
Turn it off.
ET 

PS: I apologize I didn't notice that before...   :( 

 


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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