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[Jim Morris]

Russell Sears wrote:
> I do this:
> 
> ifdown eth0
> iwconfig eth0 essid "TheEssid" && ifup eth0 && ifdown usb0
> 
> I haven't setup wpa or even wep though...
> 
> - What does iwconfig say before you do udhcpc?  Did the card associate 
> with the access point (non-zero link quality)?  Did the card discover 
> the access points MAC address?
> 
> - What does "ifconfig -a" say after udhcpc?  "route -n"?

 > iwlist scanning
eth0      Scan completed :
           Cell 01 - Address: 00:1D:5A:BB:FA:A9
                     ESSID:""
                     Mode:Master
                     Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
                     Quality=45/94  Signal level=-50 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
                     Encryption key:on
                     Extra:bcn_int=100
                     Extra:wpa_ie=dd1a0050f20101000050f20202000050f2040050f20201000050f202
                     Extra:rsn_ie=30180100000fac020200000fac04000fac020100000fac020000
                     Extra:wmm_ie=dd180050f2020101050003a4000027a4000042435e0062322f00

So it sees my AP, I do have ESSID broadcast turned off, I'll try with it on in a sec.

 > iwconfig
eth0      AR6000 802.11g  ESSID:""
           Mode:Managed  Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=0 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
           Retry:on
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:on
           Link Quality:0/94  Signal level:-95 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

So its not connected

 > ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:CF:74:20:A8
           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:324 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:156 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:150058 (146.5 KiB)  TX bytes:7223 (7.0 KiB)

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:CF:74:20:A8
           inet addr:169.254.6.213  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

 > netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 usb0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.200   0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 usb0

(I have not disabled usb0 at this point)

Should I use iwconfig or ifconfig to setup eth0, its not clear?
I am currently doing exactly what it says on the GTA02 wlan wiki page.

 > udhcpc eth0

just scans indefinately Although that may be becuase eth0 needs to be disabled. but right now it 
obviously is not connected to the AP.