hanes Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Hi I just installed the newest Mandriva on my Lenovo X61 Thinkpad Tablet. Problem is I cant see any networks from my wireless card. It gets the driver installed by default and it even seems like the driver is installed properly, but when I search for networks I see none. Any advice? Hanez Edited February 9, 2009 by hanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 What wireless card do you have? Try: ifconfig -a to see what interfaces are there, possibly wlan0 for wireless. Then: iwlist wlan0 scan from the prompt and see if it reports back any wireless access points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanes Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 ifconfig -a This command returns some info from 5 interfaces, eth0,lo,panu, wlan0 and wmaster0. But it doesnt tell me the cards name/type. In my "Network Center" it lists the card as Intel Corp Pro/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Gard iwlist wlan0 scan This command returns wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Try /usr/bin/lspci (or as root simply lspci) to get your wireless card name/type. If it's connected to the pcmcia slot do /sbin/lspcmcia or just lspcmcia as root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanes Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Try /usr/bin/lspci (or as root simply lspci) to get your wireless card name/type. If it's connected to the pcmcia slot do /sbin/lspcmcia or just lspcmcia as root. That command gives me the same name as the GUI does - Intel Corp Pro/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network card. Does this get us any closer to finding out why I cant find any networks? Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanes Posted February 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Got it working. I connected through a wire, and did a whole bunch of installs. Bascally everything that was ibm, thinkpad or wireless related. After I installed 10 things.... it worked Thanks for the help everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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