On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 09:42:13PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> Joel Roth wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have a Toshiba Satellite L305 series laptop running sid
>> with a recent, stock kernel: Linux version 2.6.26-1-686
>> (Debian 2.6.26-10).
>>
>> I am seeking to connect to a D-Link 614+ wireless router.
>> For initial testing, the AP is unencrypted, unsecured.
>>
>> My wife's G3 i-Book with AfterTheMac USB wireless adapter
>> connected just fine, on the first try.
>>
>> I'd appreciate some help troubleshooting my Linux
>> wireless connection.
>>
>> I believe I have the modules I should have:
>>
>> $ lsmod | grep 80211
>> mac80211 139680 1 ath5k
>> cfg80211 21576 2 ath5k,mac80211
>>
>> My wireless network interface is present:
>>
>> $ iwconfig wlan0
>>
>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" Mode:Managed
>> Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
>> Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment
>> thr=2352 B 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
>>
>> However, I don't find the D-Link 614+:
>>
>> $ iwlist wlan0 scan
>>
>> wlan0 No scan results
>>
>> And of course, dhclient fails to find a server.
>>
>> Am I missing something? What could I try next?
>
> It would help if you tell us what the Asus is using
> as the wireless adapter, and what the /etc/network/interfaces file
> looks like.
lspci | grep Atheros
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg
Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
/etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
allow-hotplug eth0
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
#auto wlan0
#iface wlan0 inet dhcp
I tried disabling eth0 and enabling the wlan0 lines
and /etc/init.d/networking restart.
However I think that isn't any better than manually
ifconfig wlan0 up; dhclient
which doesn't help either.
I've found something else now: the madwifi drivers appear to
work for this:
http://billy.com.mx/2009/05/12/atheros-ar242x-wifi-on-debian-sid/
I'll post to the list if/when I get this working.
Thanks for your suggestions!
Joel
>> I'd appreciate any pointers.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> WT
>
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