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On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 05:00:40PM -0400, j. daniel moylan wrote:
> dan ritter writes:
> tried all this -- results:
> 
>   ifdown wlan0
>   iwlist wlan0 scan       no results
>   iwconfig wlan0 ap any
>   iwlist wlan0 scan       no results
>   iwconfig wlan0 essid moylan-net
>   iwlist wlan0 scan       no results
>   ifup wlan0
>   iwlist wlan0 scan       all the local ap's
>   ifdown wlan0
>   iwlist wlan0 scan       no results
>   /etc/init.d/networking restart
>   iwlist wlan0 scan       all the local ap's
> 
>   in all cases:
>      iwconfig wlan0    shows 0/0
>      ifconfig wlan0    shows wlan0 at 192.168.0.7 after every operation.
>      ping 192.168.0.1  shows destination host not reachable
>   
> don't know what to make of this.

iwlist wlan0 scan       all the local ap's

is hopeful. Select the right one and specify it with 
iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:00:00:00:00:FF

substituting in, of course.

If that doesn't produce a better result, you probably have a
driver that doesn't quite support the model of wifi chip you
have -- changing or updating the driver may be your best move.

-dsr-


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