iwlist and iwconfig not working

Yukanojo · 03-17-2004, 04:05 PM

I loaded the firmware and my problem was a file extension problem.

Now that the firmware is "loaded", the lights are on, not blinking though, ifconfig shows a mac address and that the card is recieving packets and bytes. The card is a Netgear WG511, mandrake 10.0 is detecting it as a dlink card 650.

Now my problem is that i can type in iwlist and iwconfig in the console and nothing comes up. I can't even do a man iwlist or man iwconfig.

Any suggestions?

What are the procedures for getting this puppy activated?

Yukanojo · 03-17-2004, 05:43 PM

Do i need some wireless tool for this command to function?

2Gnu · 03-17-2004, 07:40 PM

Yep. Wireless Tools, in fact, is the name of the package. Check your distro's CD and install from there. These commands must be run as root, BTW.

Yukanojo · 03-17-2004, 07:46 PM

awesome thanks. I'm so stupid sometimes. lol.

The root aspect was simple. So i'm assuming I can just connect as root, then logout and goto my main login.