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| Author: | jpummill2 [ Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wireless not connecting to access point |
Hi All, I am trying to get wireless working and have hit a road block (it doesn't connect). I am using an SMC2802w wireless nic. I know that the NIC is working because when I run "iwlist scanning" I get the following output: eth0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:11:59:41:54:31 ESSID:"BobSacamano" Mode:Master Encryption key:on Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality:250/0 Signal level:-49 dBm Noise level:-43 dBm Cell 02 - Address: 00:02:6F:05:4C:56 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Encryption key:off Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1) Quality:212/0 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-43 dBm Cell 03 - Address: 00:0F:66:A4:02:B5 ESSID:"linksys" Mode:Master Encryption key:off Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality:221/0 Signal level:-78 dBm Noise level:-43 dBm Cell 04 - Address: 00:13:46:1D:AE:27 ESSID:"" Mode:Master Encryption key:on Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality:208/0 Signal level:-91 dBm Noise level:-43 dBm But I can't connect to my router (ESSID: BobSacamano). When I run iwconfig, I get the following: eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate:0 kb/s Sensitivity=20/200 Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B Encryption key:EFAC-ACED-F999-9999-9999-9999-97 Security mode:restricted Link Quality:182 Signal level:0 Noise level:108 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 and when I run ifconfig I get the following: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:63:AA:FF inet addr:192.168.2.81 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:4536 (4.4 KiB) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xc000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:59:53:BB:36 inet addr:192.168.2.80 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:55598 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15551 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:15583802 (14.8 MiB) TX bytes:7481641 (7.1 MiB) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd400 I can even ping my wireless IP adress and ssh to it (so I thought I had things working) but connection is lost when I disconnect the wired NIC. I would really appreciate any insight into where I have gone wrong here. Thanks again, jpummill |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:53 pm ] |
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are you using wep or wpa if so have you entered the 26 digit key if it's wep, if it's wpa you'll have to google for it, I've heard of people getting wpa working, but I haven't dug into it myself to figure out the details. |
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| Author: | jpummill2 [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:24 pm ] |
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Ok, first problem solved. I finally had a chance to look at this today and figured out that the MAC address was wrong. Now if I can get my WEP working I should be ok. |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:19 pm ] |
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wep should work fine just add the line wireless_key 26digithexkeyhere to the /etc/network/interfaces file. |
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| Author: | elgordo123 [ Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:51 pm ] |
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If you set MAC Filtering on your router so only certain MAC addresses can connect is WEP/WPA really needed? Other than slowing down your connection it really isn't needed unless you are paying your bills, etc via that wireless computer right? |
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| Author: | kmkittre [ Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:38 pm ] |
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It's another layer of protection. Requiring a key creates another roadblock for ppl trying to access your AP. |
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