Hi Camaleon, Thanks for your response, I should have clarified earlier sorry that the iwconfig output I pasted below is the output if it connected to my portable hotspot at the time I was writing the email. Not my billion home Adsl that I'm having trouble with
The SSID is currently broadcasted but you are correct also about a/b/g/n is available. I will disable these to make N the only speed available I will attempt these few tweaks when I get a chance tonight Cheers Nathan On 27/06/2012, at 1:18 AM, "Camaleón" <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:39:06 +1000, Nathan D'elboux wrote: > >> I cannot find my home ADSL Billion router SSID to connect to from my >> laptop. >> >> I have Squeeze running on a Toshiba Satellite P200, it has the wireless >> chipset Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or >> AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61). I also use a billion 7800N >> wireless router. So far every device i have (Ipad, wifes laptop and >> phones etc) can connect to the billion without a hitch. >> >> On my laptop i cannot find the SSID of my router. at first i thought it >> was a wirelss N issue (ie my laptop didnt support N) but its apparently >> not the issue as i have portable wireless hotspot with runs on N and i >> can use that AP fine from the laptop. > > Just in case, if the AP allows to define a mixed protocol (a/b/g/n), > select that instead "only n". I've faced many problems with older Intel > wireless cards (Centrino based chipset) to join to modern access points. > > In addition, you can configure the AP to do not hide the SSID and > broadcasts over the network. This can help, sometimes... > >> Some output of iwconfig from the laptop >> >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"XXXX_XXXX" > ^^^^ > > Good, that means the AP is capable to handle all those. > >> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: >> CC:96:DD:DD:DD:43 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm >> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >> Encryption key:off >> Power Management:off >> Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm Rx invalid >> nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx >> excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> >> I have obviously changed the mac address and ESSID of the AP i am >> currently using. > > (...) > > Mmm... but your laptop is seeing the AP, what's the problem then, that > you can't pair/associate your wireless card to it? :-? > > I would run N-M (or whatever applet/tool you are using to configure the > network adapter settings) and then try to establish a connection. While > doing so, open a terminal and as root type: > > tail -f /var/log/syslog > > There should be more information about the process that is taking place > in background. > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jscjpu$rfk$9...@dough.gmane.org >
