On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > # iwlist wlan0 scan
> > ...
> > Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:39:6A:01:EF
> > ESSID:"XXXXXXXX"
> > Mode:Master
> > Channel:6
> > Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
> > Quality=83/100 Signal level=-46 dBm Noise level=-67
> > dBm Encryption key:on
> > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
> > 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
> > 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
> > ...
> >
> >
> > i'm pretty much out of ideas here -- any thoughts?
>
> What does iwconfig (as root) say?
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"xxxxxxx"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:3431-...
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
#
the ESSID displayed is correct, and the encryption key is five of
those four-digit strings which exactly match the underlying 10-digit
numeric WEP key.
so all of that looks reasonable. doesn't it?
rday
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