I have an Everex laptop (ick, but it was super cheap) that has an Atheros wireless NIC in it, but I can't seem to get it to connect to my wireless in-home LAN. Here's what I've done so far (that isn't working) - any suggestions?
[root@marktop mark]# lspci | grep Ether 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c) 05:01.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01) [root@marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off
[root@marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 essid hrfamnet-101 [root@marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXX [not really...] [root@marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"hrfamnet-101" Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXX Power Management:off
[root@marktop mark]# ifup wlan0
Determining IP information for wlan0... failed. [root@marktop mark]# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:F0:58:9A:31 Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"hrfamnet-101" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000073d81085b2 Extra: Last beacon: 468ms ago IE: Unknown: 000C687266616D6E65742D313031 IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048 IE: Unknown: 030106 IE: Unknown: 2A0102 IE: Unknown: 32041224606C IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: DD0900037F0101001FFF7F IE: WPA Version 257 Group Cipher : Proprietary Pairwise Ciphers (64) : IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : Proprietary Pairwise Ciphers (22768) : Cell 02 - Address: 00:D0:9E:F6:B3:19 Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=39/70 Signal level=-71 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"2WIRE067" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000002b79d1987 Extra: Last beacon: 554ms ago IE: Unknown: 00083257495245303637 IE: Unknown: 010582840B162C IE: Unknown: 030106
[root@marktop mark]#
What step am I missing that will connect me to the listed access point?
I've looked this up in Google, but frankly the mass of information there is either off point (ubuntu, SuSE, etc.) or Windoze or doesn't apply to my NIC or something else. I've spent a whole day on this one and I'm no closer to a/the solution - well, I did get as far as the above.
Thanks.
Mark