Re: Cannot Change essid using iwconfig

[Mikkel]

Rick Bilonick wrote:
>  
>  If I try to manually configure the nic using iwconfig, I can set the key
>  but I CANNOT get it to set the essid:
>  
>  [root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid default
>  [root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0
>  wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  
>            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point:
>  Not-Associated   
>            Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm   
>            RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B   
>            Encryption key:off
>            Power Management:off
>            Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>            Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>            Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>  
>  (iwconfig will set the key, but I'm not showing the key info.)
>  
>  When I use dhclient to obtain a lease, it tells me no leases were
>  offered (even though the other laptop is connected to the wireless
>  network and I've had them both wirelessly connected at the same time
>  when using Fedora 6 on the Dell).
>  
>  I cannot figure out why iwconfig cannot set the essid.
>  
>  What else can I check? Any ideas on what is wrong or how to fix this?
>   
I had a strange idea - what happens if you try to set the ESSID to
something besides default? It is possible that default is a "key
word". If your ESSID is really "default" you may need to do
something like: (I didn't see default listed as a keyword...)

iwconfig wlan0 essid -- "default"

Mikkel
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