Re: [Nolug] Wireless card should be working

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Brad Bendily wrote:

> > switching, and iwconfig doesn't have any effect on the bit rate or
> > essid. It only changes the mode and channel as far as I can tell.
>
> There is a way to set the ESSID, off the top of my head I can't remeber
> how. Give me a minute and I'll pull my laptop and check it.

To set the essid and wep string with iwconfig:

iwconfig eth0 essid 'punkbyotch' enc 's:werd'

Also it looked like you didn't associate with the WAP (WAP mac address
was blank). Are you using any type of security on the AP, such as mac
filtering, WEP/WPA, or SSID broadcast disable.

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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