[NBLUG/talk] Wifi Doesn't Work

matt matt at cfxnetworks.com
Sun Jan 28 21:13:41 PST 2007


Hmm... Well then I guess I'm not the only one. Anyone else have an idea?

On Sunday 28 January 2007 21:10, Todd Cary wrote:
> Matt -
>
> This will not be of help; only consolation!  I have a Orinoco card with
> the Atheros chipset and I have just about followed the same  processes
> you have with the same result.  Needless to say, I am watching/waiting
> for the silver bullet.
>
> Todd
>
> matt wrote:
> > OK, so here's the breakdown. I've been putting this off, but I think it's
> > time to figure it out.
> >
> > I have a Lenovo T60 laptop with an Atheros wifi chipset. For some reason,
> > the wifi doesn't work. It is able to scan and discover all the available
> > access points, but when I try to connect to one, it continues to say
> > "Access Point: Not-Associated". Then, when I try "dhclient" to get an IP,
> > it never receives a request. I do this in the same room with other people
> > who are able to connect to the router, so the problem is obviously on my
> > end.
> >
> > I'm using madwifi drivers for the chip. I have used iwconfig,
> > wlassistant, and knetworkmanager to no avail. I have Fedora Core 6
> > installed, and it doesn't get the job done. I tried a Kubuntu Edgy live
> > CD, and that doesn't work either. I then tried Ubuntu Edgy, and Gnome
> > doesn't even recognize the wifi card.
> >
> > Ideas?

-- 
Valê,
Matt
matt at cfxnetworks.com



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