On Monday 19 February 2007 20:51, John Cooper wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > lsmod
> >
> > root@0[mit]# lsmod
> > Module Size Used by
> >
> > rt2500 150372 1
> >
> >
> > egrep
> >
> > root@0[mit]# egrep 'wlan|ra0' /etc/modprobe.d/*
> > /etc/modprobe.d/rt2400:options rt2400 ifname=wlan%d
> > /etc/modprobe.d/rt2500:alias ra0 rt2500
> > /etc/modprobe.d/rt2500:options rt2500 ifname=wlan%d
> >
> > Judging that the rt2500 module has a 1 against it means it is now loading
> > and the change to the placement of alias, progress??
>
> Yes. What does
>
> ifconfig
>
> iwlist ra0 scan
> or
> iwlist wlan0 scan
>
> and
>
> iwconfig
>
> output now give?
>
ifconfig
root@0[mit]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:ED:35:FA:98
inet addr:192.168.1.79 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1188 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:374 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:98570 (96.2 KiB) TX bytes:49303 (48.1 KiB)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0x2f00
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:415 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:415 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:32408 (31.6 KiB) TX bytes:32408 (31.6 KiB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:2E:57:8E:4B
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4807 errors:338 dropped:338 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:160 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:10880 (10.6 KiB) TX bytes:222818 (217.5 KiB)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000
(the above mac address is the correct mac address for the card)
iwconfig
root@0[mit]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:0 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-88 dBm Noise level:-192 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
iwlist
root@0[mit]# iwlist ra0 scan
ra0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
root@0[mit]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:6C:95:B1:94
Mode:Managed
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Encryption key:off
Channel:11
Quality:52/100 Signal level:-102 dBm Noise level:-205
dBm
(the mac address above is not the mac address of the AP, probably a
neighbours)
Also on a good note the lights are on, on the card.
I holding of trying to configure the card with iwconfig just incase there is
something else you need me to do.
Tim
___________________________________________________________
All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
