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i have just got kanotix up and running but the wireless is sorta screwy as the OS is saying that i'm connected but i can't surf the web, download etc ...
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  1. 06-14-2006 #1
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    kanotix wireless

    i have just got kanotix up and running but the wireless is sorta screwy as the OS is saying that i'm connected but i can't surf the web, download etc
    does anyone know why this is happening?
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    Could you give us a little more information?

    Your wireless card model perhaps? The kind of encryption your network is using? The driver you are using for this card?

    Are you able to ping anything?

    What is the output of
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    well i'm using wep encryption im using a belkin f5d6001 pci card the output of iwconfig is:
    wlan0 IEEE 802.11b Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz

    Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Sensitivity=80/85

    Retry:on Fragment thr:off

    Link Quality:30/100 Signal level:-115 dBm Noise level:-186 dBm

    Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0

    Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

    and i can't ping anything
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    Quote Originally Posted by avatar_43
    Access Point: Not-Associated
    It says right there that you are not connected.

    What are you using to connect?

    Check out the end of this how-to for more instructions on how to connect to a wireless network :
    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ork-linux.html
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    how do you mean what like software wise? cause i dont really know lol i am trying everything KDE has i have no useful wireless tools
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    Assuming your card is working properly just open terminal and do netcardconfig as sux
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