Networking - SOLVED * No wireless connection using madwifi UncleDeadley - 15.07.2006, 06:39 Uhr Titel: SOLVED * No wireless connection using madwifi
Ok. I can sit on the couch at my father in law's and boot windows and connect to his wireless router w/ wpa protection. I shutdown, reboot easter RC4 and can't connect to the router using netcardconfig to set up card w/ appropriate essid and password. So, I open up a console and try ifup ath0 as root. It tries to connect several times and eventually reports that no offers are received. I also try iwconfig ath0 scan and it shows the AP just fine. anyone have any ideas? Oh, DogBoy on #kanotix suggested turning off encryption, but my father in law can't find the password to get into the router. Thanks for your help.
slh - 15.07.2006, 10:49 Uhr Titel: RE: No wireless connection using madwifi
The Syntax for wpasupplicant has changed recently and netcardconfig doesn't reflect that yet, further information is located at /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/ or here http://www.kanotix.org/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=WlanWpa (sorry, just german language so far. but you'll see the stanzas for /etc/network/interfaces - you have to substitute "Treiber" with madwifi or if you're using recent kernels wext).
kelmo - 15.07.2006, 23:16 Uhr Titel:
/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/ holds a fair amount of information too.
Thanks, Kel.
UncleDeadley - 16.07.2006, 00:59 Uhr Titel:
Ahh, thanks so much Kelmo and slh! That did the trick I wish I knew how to program in something besides fortran (I'm a chemical engineer) so I could help fix the netcardconfig drb - 16.07.2006, 08:48 Uhr Titel:
From the Great Escape "What did you do before the war?" - Steve McQueen "I was a chemical engineer"
drb
kelmo - 18.07.2006, 01:53 Uhr Titel:
BTW, I have begun a netcardconfig rewrite, but no promises on when it will get finished (if ever!)
I'll put it online somehwere when it reaches a relatively usable state.
I wish I knew how to program in something besides fortran (I'm a chemical engineer) so I could help fix the netcardconfig 