Wifi Successful .... so far

06-06-2008	#1 (permalink)
joeb1990 Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	Wifi Successful .... so far So i used ndiswrapper and was successful I ran the Kwifimanager on Slax and it is picking up a linksys (ad-hoc) and linksys with a quality of 31 for connections. Either one i connect to i cannot get any sort of signal to recognize or browse the internet. Also, do i need to set my Ip address and etc. it gave me the DNS but do i need to go and run an ipconfig in windows quick to see what i need to put for an Ip

06-06-2008	#2 (permalink)
Juan Pablo Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: /home/south_america/ecuador/quito Posts: 2,060	You are probably using DHCP to get connect try this Code: dhcpcd wlan0 or maybe Code: dhclient wlan0 both as root of course __________________ Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein Linux User #425940 Don't PM me with questions, instead post in the forums

06-06-2008	#3 (permalink)
joeb1990 Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	ran both of those in terminal and i still couldnt pick up a signal (please explain what these will do haha) im a HUGE newbie

06-06-2008	#4 (permalink)
Juan Pablo Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: /home/south_america/ecuador/quito Posts: 2,060	They will to get you an IP automatically from the the ISP's server Please post iwconfig ifconfig output __________________ Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein Linux User #425940 Don't PM me with questions, instead post in the forums

06-06-2008

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joeb1990

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iwconfig

Code:

root@slax:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan1     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"linksys"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Cell: 42:83:0D:F0:F3:F7
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:32 dBm
          RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

eth1      no wireless extensions.

root@slax:~#

ifconfig

Code:

root@slax:~# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1c:26:41:43:f2
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:c0200000-c0204000

root@slax:~#

06-06-2008	#6 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,934	What is it that you are trying to connect to? I connect to an access point, and use managed mode. You may want to switch modes to see if that helps. Code: iwconfig wlan1 mode managed For more info on iwconfig options: Code: iwconfig --help __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

06-07-2008	#7 (permalink)
joeb1990 Just Joined! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	i ran that and nothing happened it just brought up another line in the prompt ran the help command didnt really understand

06-07-2008	#8 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,934	After you change anything, run the iwconfig command again without any options. Look to see if it changed. For more info run the man command for iwconfig Code: man iwconfig __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

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