On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Emanoil Kotsev <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Tim Tebbit <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>>>> Here is part of dmesg: >>>> >>>>> [ 32.017203] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: firmware: requesting >>>>> [ iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode 32.056427] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware >>>>> [ version 228.57.2.23 32.056564] iwlagn 0000:0c:00.0: Radio disabled by >>>>> [ HW RF Kill switch >>>> >>>> Does this mean the radio switch is in the "off" position? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> >>> I do not understand what you mean. How do I turn this thing on ? >>> >>> Thx >> >> use iwconfig to see what status your card is in >> >> /sbin/iwconfig >> lo no wireless extensions. >> >> eth1 no wireless extensions. >> >> wmaster0 no wireless extensions. >> >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"" >> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated >> Tx-Power=off >> Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off >> Power Management:off >> 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 >> >> irda0 no wireless extensions. >> >> Tx-Power=off means power is disabled (kill switch is off) >> >> you can activate this by the Fn+F<x> combination or hardware switch and with >> iwconfig wlan0 txpower 15 > > $ /sbin/iwconfig > lo no wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > wmaster0 no wireless extensions. > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated > Tx-Power=15 dBm > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > 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 > > pan0 no wireless extensions. > > > At least this means the hardware thingy is ON. Now I cannnot switch it > off using the Fn+F<x> comb, I am guessing I am not using the right > keyboard map...
Long story short, I was trying to access a sfr/neuf box. It comes with two network: NEUF_wifi & NEUF_XXX I was able to access the NEUF_wifi (public) without problem, this means hardware was ok. But then I could not access NEUF_XXX. On the back of the hardware device the WPA-PSK is written in clear (don't ask). From the begining I thought I could use that...until I actually connect to the interface (192.168.1.1) and discover that it was setup to be WEP (with a substring of the password written on the back of the hardware). Changing to WPA-PSK, made everything work as expected. Sorry for the noise, but I discover hal-info the in the process :) -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
