Re: [LUG] Wireless frustration

[Alexis <Alexis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, many thanks for the reply :-)
I've set up a new ad-hoc network on the XP box, "false-hackerz" - I get
the following: (nb kernel is home brew - I seem to be stuck for wireless
tools supporting v22 of Wireless extension though - I might have to
build from source)
alexis@pussycat:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:7F:D9:4C:77
                    ESSID:"SpeedTouch5CEE2B" <-- this must be one of the
neighbours
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36
Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=89/100  Signal level=-69 dBm  Noise
level=-66 dBm
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra: Last beacon: 384ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 5E:15:5E:15:10:5C
                    ESSID:"false-hackerz" <----------the XP laptop
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Quality=98/100  Signal level=-44 dBm  Noise
level=-66 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 391ms ago

from iwconfig I get:
alexis@pussycat:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:"none"  Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.472 GHz  Access Point: Invalid
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=18 dBm
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=-256 dBm  Noise level=-256
dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I've tried running wpa_supplicant with an un-modified copy of its
template config file - it makes a difference to the gui "Wireless
Assistant" which can then see the speedtouch next door, but doesn't seem
to affect the cli tools.  So now I am stumped - I don't know what it is
I'm missing because I don't really know what I'm looking for.

On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 16:39 +0000, Kevin Lucas wrote:
> whats the output from iwconfig? or iwscan is the windoze machine
> running as an access point?
> 
> have you used where eth0 is your wirless card name? 
> >  iwconfig eth0 ap any
> 
> 
> Alexis wrote: 
> > Happy New Year to all :-)
> > 
> > I wonder if anyone in the group can further my understanding, or
> > help solve this problem, or something like that.
> > 
> > I've been trying to set up an ad-hoc wireless network with my wife's
> > laptop and my own, just for the sake of actually being able to do it
> > really.  I managed after a great deal of messing about to do it in
> > windows (hers has XP mine has Vista (which is vile evil demon spawn btw
> > phut! phut!)).
> > 
> > I've got my (Broadcom) wireless card working natively in Ubuntu where it
> > can detect other networks, but I haven't figured out how to make it
> > visible yet.  It's not fully supported but I'm guessing if it can
> > receive it can also transmit (plus there are other reports of success).
> > So the root of the problem is how to get it so it is visible to the XP
> > machine.  I can use iwconfig to set the mode and and essid, and iwlist
> > scanning to detect other networks, but got no further than this.
> > 
> > Basically I'll be happy if I can get the XP machine to see this one now
> > and can set up any other stuff from there, but beyond putting the card
> > in ad-hoc mode and providing an essid I'm really stumped.  We use wired
> > ethernet for internet and file sharing so don't have a wireless access
> > point to test against. So, help please!
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > Alexis
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   
> 
> -- 
> Regards: Kevin Lucas Post Master (Sub) Minions Shop & Tea Rooms
> Minions Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE www.minionsbandb.co.uk


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