Wireless doesn't work on Thinkpad X61 Tablet

[hanes]

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

[ianw1974]

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.

[hanes]

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

[{BBI}Nexus{BBI}]

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.

[hanes]

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!

[hanes]

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