[NBLUG/talk] Wifi Doesn't Work

Ian Sutherland iansuth at fastmail.fm
Sat Feb 3 13:56:33 PST 2007


I have the same problem or similar. Has anyone come up with a
resolution.

Thanks, Ian

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:32:47 -0800, "matt" <matt at cfxnetworks.com> said:
> 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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