I have an Everex laptop (ick, but it was super cheap) that has an
Atheros wireless NIC in it, but I can't seem to get it to connect to
my wireless in-home LAN. Here's what I've done so far (that isn't
working) - any suggestions?
[root at marktop mark]# lspci | grep Ether
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c)
05:01.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413
802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
[root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
[root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 essid hrfamnet-101
[root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXX [not really...]
[root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"hrfamnet-101"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXX
Power Management:off
[root at marktop mark]# ifup wlan0
Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.
[root at marktop mark]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:F0:58:9A:31
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"hrfamnet-101"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000073d81085b2
Extra: Last beacon: 468ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000C687266616D6E65742D313031
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0102
IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD0900037F0101001FFF7F
IE: WPA Version 257
Group Cipher : Proprietary
Pairwise Ciphers (64) :
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : Proprietary
Pairwise Ciphers (22768) : Cell 02 -
Address: 00:D0:9E:F6:B3:19
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=39/70 Signal level=-71 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"2WIRE067"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000002b79d1987
Extra: Last beacon: 554ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00083257495245303637
IE: Unknown: 010582840B162C
IE: Unknown: 030106
[root at marktop mark]#
What step am I missing that will connect me to the listed access point?
I've looked this up in Google, but frankly the mass of information
there is either off point (ubuntu, SuSE, etc.) or Windoze or doesn't
apply to my NIC or something else. I've spent a whole day on this one
and I'm no closer to a/the solution - well, I did get as far as the
above.
Thanks.
Mark
Barry Brimer
2010-Jul-15 02:01 UTC
[CentOS] Problems getting my wireles connection to work
> [root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 essid hrfamnet-101 > [root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXX [not really...] > [root at marktop mark]# iwconfig wlan0 > wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"hrfamnet-101" > Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm > RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:XXXXXXXXXX > Power Management:off > > [root at marktop mark]# ifup wlan0 > > Determining IP information for wlan0... failed. > [root at marktop mark]# iwlist wlan0 scan > wlan0 Scan completed : > Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:F0:58:9A:31 > Channel:6 > Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) > Quality=47/70 Signal level=-63 dBm > Encryption key:on > ESSID:"hrfamnet-101" > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s > 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s > Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s > Mode:Master > Extra:tsf=00000073d81085b2 > Extra: Last beacon: 468ms ago > IE: Unknown: 000C687266616D6E65742D313031 > IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048 > IE: Unknown: 030106 > IE: Unknown: 2A0102 > IE: Unknown: 32041224606C > IE: WPA Version 1I believe you need to use wpa_supplicant to connect to a wpa protected network .. using ifconfig with enc as you have I believe only works for WEP, but I could be wrong. Barry
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Mark <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote:> I have an Everex laptop (ick, but it was super cheap) that has an > Atheros wireless NIC in it, but I can't seem to get it to connect to > my wireless in-home LAN. ?Here's what I've done so far (that isn't > working) - any suggestions?Have you looked at these CentOS wiki articles? http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/NetworkManager http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/WpaSupplicant Akemi