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dan ritter writes:
>On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 05:00:40PM -0400, j. daniel moylan wrote:
>> 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.

  sudo iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:09:5B:23:8A:26
  same dismal results.

> 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.

but how could that be?  if i go back to NetworkManager, it
makes the connection quite handily, so the driver's got to
be there ... right?  it really does work under NetworkManager,
just not the way i want -- and i really would like to get
the command-line procedure to work, using the interfaces
file.

ole dan

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