Enabling wireless on Dell laptop
Dave Mitchell
davem at iabyn.com
Mon Jan 22 16:28:15 UTC 2007
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 03:30:31PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I rebooted the machine, and this is what I got.
[snip]
> [root at localhost ~]# modprobe ipw3945
> [root at localhost ~]# ipw3945d
no need to run those two by hand after a reboot
> [root at localhost ~]# iwlist scan
> lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
> eth1 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:0E:2E:A0:86:DF
> ESSID:"tester"
> Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
> Mode:Master
> Channel:11
> Encryption key:off
> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
> 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
> Quality=45/100 Signal level=-82 dBm Noise level=-82 dBm
> Extra: Last beacon: 178ms ago
>
> [root at localhost ~]#
That looks fine.
The only thing left is to configure that new eth1 interface.
How you do that depends on what tools you want to use. As I said earlier,
I use Network Manager, so I'm not familiar with KWifiManager.
--
In the 70's we wore flares because we didn't know any better.
What possible excuse does the current generation have?
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