[Madwifi-users] no scan results

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Ok, so now you can scan but can't connect, and i suppose you're using WPA
for that.

My next step would be updating wpa_supplicant with their latest stable
version from source.

Are you using network manager?

2006/12/18, Jason DeJoannis <jde...@ya...>:
>
> Since last time, for no particular reason, the wireless networks have been
> showing up.
> The problem now is that I cannot connect (with the exception of one
> miracle). This happens
> at home (open) and on campus (WPA). Following is the info you requested. I
> am not sure
> what your other question means, other than to say that the wireless
> interface is activated
> whenever available either during boot or regular operation. Also, there is
> a button on the
> laptop which is intended to activate a blue network LED. So I guess the
> answer is "yes"
> there is a hardwired energy-saving shutoff on this laptop (hp nx5000).
> Perhaps it is the problem...
>
> /Jason
>
> # dmesg|grep ath
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
> ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2.1)
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2.1)
> # iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> wifi0     no wireless extensions.
>
> ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:14 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
>           Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:2273  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
>
> # ifconfig
> ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:85:1B:01:4E
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:9D:8C:1A:14
>           inet addr: 170.140.189.46  Bcast:170.140.191.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::20d:9dff:fe8c:1a14/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:19816 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1958 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:4133273 (3.9 Mb)  TX bytes:337648 (329.7 Kb)
>           Interrupt:217
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask: 255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:30 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:1956 (1.9 Kb)  TX bytes:1956 (1.9 Kb)
>
> wifi0     Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
> 00-11-85-1B-01-4E-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:5283 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:635
>           TX packets:1811 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
>           RX bytes:582961 (569.2 Kb)  TX bytes:83306 (81.3 Kb)
>           Interrupt:209 Memory:d0800000-d0810000
>
>
> Jason DeJoannis
> jde...@ya...
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Rando <da...@da...>
> To: mad...@li...
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:22:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] no scan results
>
> Can you post your dmesg, iwconfig and ifconfig result for your laptop?
>
> Also, can you specify how your laptop treats the wifi connection? enabled
> by hardware, software......
>
> 2006/12/15, Jason DeJoannis < jde...@ya...>:
> >
> >  Hi folks, I am getting "No scan results" in an area where other
> > computers show oodles of wireless
> > networks. I am using a fresh install of opensuse-10.2 on an hp nx5000
> > laptop. I installed kmp
> > and madwifi from the madwifi.org/suse/10.2 repositories via Yast. I have
> > tried fiddling with the
> > network settings in Yast to tune it in to the appropriate essid and WPA
> > stuff to no avail.
> > NetworkManager hangs when trying to connect. Any ideas would be most
> > appreciated. cheers.
> >
> > /jdejoannis
> >
> >
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