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    Unhappy Problem with Thinkpad built-in wireless

    Hey everyone,

    Just got a used Thinkpad R40 with built in wireless. I installed 8.04, everything works great, except I can't connect to my wireless network.

    Encryption/MAC filtering/etc is turned off on the router. I entered the essid into the network applet and it just sits there and spins for a couple minutes, then goes back to the problem icon.

    I checked my syslog, it shows something like the following:

    Activation (ath0) started
    Stage 1 scheduled
    Stage 1 started
    Stage 2 scheduled
    Stage 1 complete
    Stage 2 starting
    SUP: sending command 'INERFACE_ADD ath0 madwifi /var/run/wpa_supplicant0
    SUP: response was 'OK'
    SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1'
    SUP: response was 'OK'
    sending command 'ADD_NETWORK'
    SUP: response was '0'
    SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid xxxxxxxxxxxx'
    SUP: response was 'OK'
    SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
    SUP: response was 'OK'
    SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
    SUP: response was 'OK'
    Activation Stage 2 of 5 complete
    Old device ath0 activation, won't change.
    last message repeated 7 times
    Activation (ath0/wireless): association took too long (>120s), failing activation
    Activation (ath0) failure scheduled
    Activation (ath0) failed for access point (xxxxxxxx)
    Activation (ath0) failed.
    Deactivation device ath0


    Does anybody have any idea what could be happening? My router logs don't show anything. Also, the laptop is sitting 3 feet from the router.

    Thanks!

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    Re: Problem with Thinkpad built-in wireless

    Looks like its tryingto use encryption of some sort. What happens when you do

    iwconfig ath0 essid <essid of access point>

    and then

    dhclient ath0
    100 buckets of bits on the bus,
    100 buckets of bits,
    Take one down, short it to ground,
    FF buckets of bits on the bus.

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    Re: Problem with Thinkpad built-in wireless

    Quote Originally Posted by Whiffle View Post
    Looks like its tryingto use encryption of some sort. What happens when you do

    iwconfig ath0 essid <essid of access point>

    and then

    dhclient ath0
    Thanks so much for the reply!

    I entered those commands, it still wasn't connected, but then I clicked the network manager icon and clicked the network and it connected this time.

    Should I just run those commands each time I boot before using the network manager?

    Thanks!

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    Re: Problem with Thinkpad built-in wireless

    Well, those commands don't really change anything that networkmanager wouldn't change. I think I'd just watch it a bit and see what it does, networkmanager might have been confused for some reason the first time you tried it.
    100 buckets of bits on the bus,
    100 buckets of bits,
    Take one down, short it to ground,
    FF buckets of bits on the bus.

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    Re: Problem with Thinkpad built-in wireless

    Quote Originally Posted by Whiffle View Post
    Well, those commands don't really change anything that networkmanager wouldn't change. I think I'd just watch it a bit and see what it does, networkmanager might have been confused for some reason the first time you tried it.
    OK, thanks. I'll keep the forums posted if anything further develops.

    Thanks again

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