Acer 3400LMI manual # iwconfig wlan0 essid Perspektiv

F8­x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi

Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s Extra:tsf=000000a1f76c1da7

Cell 02 ­ Address: 00:18:F8:D2:9E:F4 ESSID:"Secret Net" Mode:Master

Channel:4

Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)

Quality=81/100 Signal level=­25 dBm Noise level=­71

dBm

Encryption key:on

Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

Extra:tsf=0000003b0068b719 Cell 03 ­ Address: 00:11:6B:25:87:18

ESSID:"minideon"

Mode:Master

Channel:11

Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)

Quality=68/100 Signal level=­25 dBm Noise level=­71

dBm

Encryption key:off

Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s

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10.Choose a network you want to connect to and set the ESSID of your W­LAN interface:

#iwconfig wlan0 essid Perspektiv

11.Your WLAN interface should now be associated with the access point:

# iwconfig wlan0

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Perspektiv"

Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point:

00:E0:63:50:98:B0
Bit Rate=1	Mb/s	Tx­Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7		RTS thr:off	Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption	key:off
Link Quality=63/100 Signal level=­63 dBm Noise level=­58 dBm
Rx invalid	nwid:0	Rx invalid crypt:0		Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0				Missed beacon:0

Now you are ready to start using your new interface. Most likely your first step will be to request IP setting from an DHCP server (dhclient ­1 wlan0). The next step is probably to permanent your preferences in the file /etc/sysconfig/network­scripts/ifcfg­wlan0.

For further information on wireless networking under Linux, please refer to the numerous HOWTOs on the internet. A good place to start is

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