[Tfug] Trouble with wifi ap. Out of ideas

[Jude Nelson]

Try deactivating your landline interface (i.e. sudo ifconfig eth0 down).  In
my experience at least, sometimes when using both a landline and wireless
interface, the routing table for various reasons will assume that the
landline leads to the default gateway.  You can change this using the route
command, or you can deactivate it (and thus reassigning the default gateway
to a different interface); both are different means to the same end.

To get a list of wireless APs, run "sudo iwlist eth1 scanning"

Also, what chipset and driver?

Regards,
Jude Nelson

On 7/4/07, Glen Pfeiffer <glen at thepfeiffers.net> wrote:
>
> On 07/04/2007 10:25 AM, Nathanial Hendler wrote:
> > If I run windows, the wireless works just fine, so I know the
> > access point is ok.
> >
> I would not be too quick to say that. I was running a DLink (yes
> it is junk) and my laptop running Windows could access it fine,
> but running Debian Etch, it exhibited behavior similar to what
> you described. I swapped out the wireless router to a Linksys,
> and it works flawlessly now.
>
>
> > Only windows can give me a list.  I can't get a list (or don't
> > know how) from the linux side of things.
> >
> I think 'iwlist wlan0 scan' will do the trick. Replace wlan0 with
> your wireless interface name. Also, the interface must be up
> before scanning will work, but it does not need to be connected.
>
> Sorry I can't offer any real help.
>
> --
> Glen
>
>
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