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pairajacks
2006-11-29, 12:12 AM CST
Is there a way to manually connect (using Konsole) to a wireless network? My wireless card appears to be seeing wireless networks, but KwifiManager doesn't report them properly. I've seen from other posts that Kwifimanager doesn't really work that well.

When I enter: iwlist scanning
I get a Mac address, Essid, connection strength, etc

Is there a command something like: iwconfig ath0 "essid" up ?

FYI - using atheros wifi card, madwifi driver. Fedora Core5, KDE desktop (don't have kNetworkManager. Once I get on the net, I'm planning to yum it!)

mwette
2006-11-29, 06:48 AM CST
You might need "iwconfig ath0 ...."
then "/sbin/ifup ath0".

On my old FC5 laptop, I could just type "/sbin/ifup ath0" and it would work.