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    wireless lan not visible, possibly a wifi-channel problem

    Hello,

    when trying to connect my Intrepid Ibex (living on a notebook) to a wlan router (notebook with Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100, router Airport Express) I have got problems. Basically wireless networking seems to work: iwlist gives me a bunch of networks, but not mine.
    After searching around I found out the router has itself (automatic) set to channel 13. But this channel is not supported by my machine:
    Code:
    $ iwlist freq
    ...
    wlan0   24 channels in total; available frequencies :
         Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
         Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
         Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
         Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
         Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
         Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
         Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
         Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
         Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
         Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
         Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
         Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
         Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
         Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
         Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
         Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
         Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
         Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
         Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
         Channel 149 : 5.745 GHz
         Channel 153 : 5.765 GHz
         Channel 157 : 5.785 GHz
         Channel 161 : 5.805 GHz
         Channel 165 : 5.825 GHz
         Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
    I have learned that this can be caused by a region setting (I am located in Germany) and it should be possibly to change the region using iwpriv. However iwpriv doesn't accept my input:

    Code:
    $ sudo iwpriv wlan0 set CountryRegion=6
    wlan0   no private ioctls.
    Do you agree that the channels are the reason for the trouble? If this is correct, how it is possible to change the channel settings. Are my iwpriv parameters correct?

    besides this I am lovin' it :-)
    Hater

    #2
    Re: wireless lan not visible, possibly a wifi-channel problem

    You might want to look at iwconfig instead?
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Re: wireless lan not visible, possibly a wifi-channel problem

      hmm, when setting the channel with iwconfig it seems to work only for the channels listed by "iwlist -freq". I cannot see anything about setting the region.
      Any special instructions?

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