Acer Ferrari 3400LMi Manual page 25

F8­x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
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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
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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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