Acer 3400LMI manual Get started with Wlan, Manual way, Essid

F8­x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi

firmware from it later. Download it at: http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom­wl­4.80.53.0.tar.bz2

or I keep a local copy, just in case: http://ferrari,databa.se/3400/fc8/broadcom­wl­4.80.53.0.tar.bz2

5.Uncompress the driver:

#tar jxf broadcom­wl­4.80.53.0.tar.bz2

6.Extract and install the firmware from the Broadcom driver as root:

#cd broadcom­wl­4.80.53.0/kmod/

#b43­fwcutter ­w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o

12.2 Get started with WLAN

Now that we have all the pieces we need installed, it is time to check the functionality and get things working.

12.2.1 The manual way

First we do it manually, to make sure we get the results and feedback that we expect. This is to verify the functionality and simplify troubleshooting, if needed.

7. The WLAN interface should show up:

# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g	ESSID:""
Mode:Managed	Channel:0		Access Point: Not­Associated
Tx­Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7		RTS thr:off		Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key: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

8.Turn on the WLAN chip and bring up the interface:

#ip link set wlan0 up

9.OK, now it is time to find out what's in the air:

#iwlist wlan0 scan

wlan0 Scan completed :

Cell 01 ­ Address: 00:E0:63:50:98:B0 ESSID:"Perspektiv" Mode:Master

Channel:1

Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)

Quality=88/100 Signal level=­25 dBm Noise level=­71

dBm

Encryption key:off

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