Cannot Change essid using iwconfig
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Dec 31 18:10:20 UTC 2007
Rick Bilonick wrote:
>
> If I try to manually configure the nic using iwconfig, I can set the key
> but I CANNOT get it to set the essid:
>
> [root at localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid default
> [root at localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
> Not-Associated
> Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
> RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> (iwconfig will set the key, but I'm not showing the key info.)
>
> When I use dhclient to obtain a lease, it tells me no leases were
> offered (even though the other laptop is connected to the wireless
> network and I've had them both wirelessly connected at the same time
> when using Fedora 6 on the Dell).
>
> I cannot figure out why iwconfig cannot set the essid.
>
> What else can I check? Any ideas on what is wrong or how to fix this?
>
I had a strange idea - what happens if you try to set the ESSID to
something besides default? It is possible that default is a "key
word". If your ESSID is really "default" you may need to do
something like: (I didn't see default listed as a keyword...)
iwconfig wlan0 essid -- "default"
Mikkel
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