[opensuse] wlan cli
Hi, I am staying in a hotel and for some reason I can't connect to the internet with wireless to the hotel router using kinternet. I went back through some old posts to the mailing list and found that I can scan for the available wireless routers via command line. I used iwlist wlan0 scan to find a list of the available wireless routers. The one that I think has the highest power provides the following information: Cell 04 - Address: 00:03:52:A9:88:00 ESSID: "Hyatt" Protocol: IEEE802.11b Mode: Master Channel: 1 Encryption Key: Off Bit Rates: 11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=86/100 Signal Level=-65dBm Noise level=-113dBm Extra: Last beacon: 181ms ago My question is, what commands with the terminal do I use to connect to this router? Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Just a couple of more facts on this. I can't connect with the traditional ifup method either, if I configure the ESSID with the name "Hyatt" and setting it to unencrypted in the graphic interface in yast. I thought that if someone knew how to do this via command line I could get some readout that might tell me why this isn't connecting. I can get on with wind***, but not with linux. When I try to connect via kinternet, I can see that it is communicating with the router but it won't log on. I am using kde 3.5, knetworkmanager, and opensuse 11.1. On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I am staying in a hotel and for some reason I can't connect to the internet with wireless to the hotel router using kinternet. I went back through some old posts to the mailing list and found that I can scan for the available wireless routers via command line.
I used iwlist wlan0 scan to find a list of the available wireless routers. The one that I think has the highest power provides the following information:
Cell 04 - Address: 00:03:52:A9:88:00 ESSID: "Hyatt" Protocol: IEEE802.11b Mode: Master Channel: 1 Encryption Key: Off Bit Rates: 11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=86/100 Signal Level=-65dBm Noise level=-113dBm Extra: Last beacon: 181ms ago
My question is, what commands with the terminal do I use to connect to this router?
Thanks
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a couple of more facts on this. I can't connect with the traditional ifup method either, if I configure the ESSID with the name "Hyatt" and setting it to unencrypted in the graphic interface in yast.
I thought that if someone knew how to do this via command line I could get some readout that might tell me why this isn't connecting. I can get on with wind***, but not with linux. When I try to connect via kinternet, I can see that it is communicating with the router but it won't log on.
I am using kde 3.5, knetworkmanager, and opensuse 11.1.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I am staying in a hotel and for some reason I can't connect to the internet with wireless to the hotel router using kinternet. I went back through some old posts to the mailing list and found that I can scan for the available wireless routers via command line.
I used iwlist wlan0 scan to find a list of the available wireless routers. The one that I think has the highest power provides the following information:
Cell 04 - Address: 00:03:52:A9:88:00 ESSID: "Hyatt" Protocol: IEEE802.11b Mode: Master Channel: 1 Encryption Key: Off Bit Rates: 11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=86/100 Signal Level=-65dBm Noise level=-113dBm Extra: Last beacon: 181ms ago
My question is, what commands with the terminal do I use to connect to this router?
Thanks
One other fact that may help others with this. I looked on google and in the opensuse mail list archive before I posted the first time this morning and tried to come up with some commands that I could use to get the wireless connected to the router via command line. I tried dhcpcd wlan0 "Hyatt" but didn't get anything working. So I don't know if I have the correct bash commands to initiate the wireless connection to the router. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 22/02/10 18:28, Mark Misulich wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a couple of more facts on this. I can't connect with the traditional ifup method either, if I configure the ESSID with the name "Hyatt" and setting it to unencrypted in the graphic interface in yast.
I thought that if someone knew how to do this via command line I could get some readout that might tell me why this isn't connecting. I can get on with wind***, but not with linux. When I try to connect via kinternet, I can see that it is communicating with the router but it won't log on.
I am using kde 3.5, knetworkmanager, and opensuse 11.1.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Mark Misulich <munguanaweza@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I am staying in a hotel and for some reason I can't connect to the internet with wireless to the hotel router using kinternet. I went back through some old posts to the mailing list and found that I can scan for the available wireless routers via command line.
I used iwlist wlan0 scan to find a list of the available wireless routers. The one that I think has the highest power provides the following information:
Cell 04 - Address: 00:03:52:A9:88:00 ESSID: "Hyatt" Protocol: IEEE802.11b Mode: Master Channel: 1 Encryption Key: Off Bit Rates: 11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=86/100 Signal Level=-65dBm Noise level=-113dBm Extra: Last beacon: 181ms ago
My question is, what commands with the terminal do I use to connect to this router?
Thanks One other fact that may help others with this. I looked on google and in the opensuse mail list archive before I posted the first time this morning and tried to come up with some commands that I could use to get the wireless connected to the router via command line. I tried
dhcpcd wlan0 "Hyatt"
but didn't get anything working. So I don't know if I have the correct bash commands to initiate the wireless connection to the router.
Look at this page http://en.opensuse.org/Tracking_down_wireless_problems#How_to_set_up_a_conne... It covers manually connecting to unsecured networks. Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 10:08 -0500, Mark Misulich wrote:
Hi, I am staying in a hotel and for some reason I can't connect to the internet with wireless to the hotel router using kinternet. I went back through some old posts to the mailing list and found that I can scan for the available wireless routers via command line.
I used iwlist wlan0 scan to find a list of the available wireless routers. The one that I think has the highest power provides the following information:
Cell 04 - Address: 00:03:52:A9:88:00 ESSID: "Hyatt" Protocol: IEEE802.11b Mode: Master Channel: 1 Encryption Key: Off Bit Rates: 11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=86/100 Signal Level=-65dBm Noise level=-113dBm Extra: Last beacon: 181ms ago
My question is, what commands with the terminal do I use to connect to this router?
Usually you are required to open a browser and go to a particular site, which will then recognize your system and allow it access. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 16:42 -0500, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 10:08 -0500, Mark Misulich wrote:
Hi, I am staying in a hotel and for some reason I can't connect to the internet with wireless to the hotel router using kinternet. I went back through some old posts to the mailing list and found that I can scan for the available wireless routers via command line.
I used iwlist wlan0 scan to find a list of the available wireless routers. The one that I think has the highest power provides the following information:
Cell 04 - Address: 00:03:52:A9:88:00 ESSID: "Hyatt" Protocol: IEEE802.11b Mode: Master Channel: 1 Encryption Key: Off Bit Rates: 11 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11 Quality=86/100 Signal Level=-65dBm Noise level=-113dBm Extra: Last beacon: 181ms ago
My question is, what commands with the terminal do I use to connect to this router?
Usually you are required to open a browser and go to a particular site, which will then recognize your system and allow it access.
Hi, The problem was that I couldn't connect to the wireless router so I could then open a browser and log in to the system. I found via some further troubleshooting that I had two wireless networks available to me, the one in the hotel I was staying in and one from a nearby hotel. Occasionally a third network would pop up, and I could log into that one but not the first two. I found the difference was that the first two networks were 802.11b networks, while the network that I could log into was an 802.11g network. I did some google-ing on the subject and found that others have had a similar problem. It seems to usually be a problem with particular linux drivers. I haven't figured out how to fix it yet, so if anyone has some good ideas please pass them along. I am home now anyways so the resolution will have to wait to be tested till the next time that I visit that city. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Tejas Guruswamy