IBM Stinkpad and Wifi

Chad Perrin perrin at apotheon.com
Mon Aug 31 04:03:38 UTC 2009


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 07:47:41PM +0200, herbert langhans wrote:
> 
> Good. Then I try:
> # ifconfig ath0 up scan
> #
> (I tried this in a cool café, with cool people there and a cool open
> access point..)
>  
> Nothing. There should be a list of the available access points. 
> Is that right?
> Something I missed with the setup?

I haven't seen "up" and "scan" used together like that before.  Is that
supported?

Have you tried the following?

    # ifconfig ath0 up
    # ifconfig ath0 list scan

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