hi, clive
the commands don't involve security, only the SSID of the wireless router. if i remember correctly, even though the SSID is being broadcast, it doesn't get picked up by the wireless connector and it just has to told which router to connect to.
if you
www.scroogle.org "RTNETLINK answers: No such process", it comes up with some pages which may interest you.
for what it's worth, my GUI network manager editor doesn't work either but it's low priority as i can connect wirelessly using those commands.
anyway, i'm glad the information i gave helped you as i see myself more of a
"leech" on the linux community as opposed to a contributor! :-)
regards
bryan
--- On Sat, 24/1/09, Clive Woodfine <clivewoodfine@???> wrote:
From: Clive Woodfine <clivewoodfine@???>
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless problem.
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Date: Saturday, 24 January, 2009, 9:46 PM
2009/1/23 B STEVENS <b.stevens611@???>:
> i get the same problem with debian lenny sometimes, clive, so i use a
> combination of the following commands to get it up and running:
>
> ip link set wlan0 up
> iwconfig wlan0 essid "routername"
> ifdown wlan0
> ifup wlan0
>
Bryan,
I have just had a chance to try the above commands on the
problematic
laptop. Great,
it worked and I have wireless connection. I am
surprised it did though as no encryption key is entered and ifdown
gave:
root@vaio:~# ifdown eth1
RTNETLINK answers: No such process
eth1 is what the laptop calls the wireless connection. Wired is eth0.
Do you know why this works whereas the GUI network tools although
showing the correct details do not work? I can of course now ping the
router. I will investigate further when I have more time.
Anyway many thanks again.
