Network manager can't see my wireless network

prilesje18 · Post by **prilesje18** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:17 pm

Hy i'm new to linux and I stumbled upon this great distro that doesn't require spending hours installing drivers and stuff

My broadcom 4311 wifi is recognised by OS and i can see it in system>administration>networking as eth1 . when I tipe in terminal: iwlist eth1 scan it says no scan results. Ofcourse my siemens gigaset wireless router is on

please help

900i · Post by **900i** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:27 pm

Have you taken a look at this post,

http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/forum/viewtop ... =2367#2367

prilesje18 · Post by **prilesje18** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:31 pm

900i wrote:Have you taken a look at this post,

http://lt.k1011.nutime.de/forum/viewtop ... =2367#2367

Yes ofcourse, buit I dont think that's the problem because OS says that my card is working with the bcm43xx driver already

ecd · Post by **ecd** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:27 pm

I'm having similar problems...no help to you I know...but I think my PCI card requires an aerial extender. Next time I'm near Maplins I'll get one. Agree that this is a GREAT distro. Lots of 'Horse' work been done by these good peeps!

Regards,
Pete

To 900i: See above for my progress so far

Plus, your link provided very valuable info for me! Ta.

Post by **clem** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:56 pm

I have an rt2400 based card which driver doesn't support scanning... maybe that's your problem two. I just specify the essid myself (in my case it's galaxy):

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sudo iwconfig eth1 essid galaxy

sudo ifconfig eth1 192.168.100.10 up

ping google.com

echo "et voila :)"