kernel source install

[Jeff McKeon]

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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Craig McLean
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 12:27 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: kernel source install
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> Jeff McKeon wrote:
> >>-----Original Message-----
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> >>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Craig McLean
> >>Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 12:10 PM
> >>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> >>Subject: Re: kernel source install
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> >>jsmforum at optonline.net wrote:
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> >>>Ok, one step closer now...
> >>>
> >>>seems to be an iwconfig issue now:
> >>>
> >>>[root at localhost log]# iwconfig
> >>>lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>>
> >>>eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >>>
> >>>sit0      no wireless extensions.
> >>>
> >>>Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with
> >>
> >>version 18 of
> >>
> >>>Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to
> >>
> >>version 17. Some
> >>
> >>>things may be broken...
> >>
> >>You can generally ignore this message, especially between 17 and 18.
> >>
> >>C.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks Craig, what does the error message mean though?  Just for my 
> > own knowledge...
> 
> Different versions of the wireless tools were used to compile 
> the driver (kernel space) than to compile the tools (user 
> space), so if there are big changes in the way the tools 
> expect the drivers to behave, things will break. 17 to 18 
> didn't really introduce any big changes that I'm aware of, 
> just fixes and tweaks, so you don't need to worry.
> 
> > Now it seems I can't configure the wlan0 interface.
> > 
> > If I issue:
> > 
> > iwconfig wlan0 essid "mynet"
> > 
> > And then issue the command:
> > 
> > Iwconfig
> > 
> > It still shows essid:off/any
> > 
> > What gives?
> > 
> 
> Are you using WEP/WPA? Unless you configure the interface to 
> be WEP/WPA aware it won't associate - check google or 
> fedoraforums for howtos. Are you using MAC filtering on the 
> access point? (If you don't know what that means, then the 
> answer is probably no ;-) ). Can you actually see the 
> accesspoint from where you are? What does "iwlist wlan0 scan" show?
> 
> C.

Yes my ap does use WEP/WPA, I'll look up the howto for that.

No, I don't use mac address filtering on my AP.

I know the AP works because I'm sending this mail to you over it from
another laptop :o)

Iwlist wlan0 scan returns nothing.

Thanks,

Jeff