2010-12-31 04:53:02

by James

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Subject: iwconfig and iwlist

iwconfig says my Encryption key is off but iwlist says it is on (it is
on :-)).
Everything works so that is a minor thing.

$ sudo iwconfig
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"me"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point:
00:0F:B5:12:F5:EA
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


$ sudo iwlist wlan1 scan
Cell 10 - Address: 00:0F:B5:12:F5:EA
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"me"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000005899a294
Extra: Last beacon: 49ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000C54656B53617676792E636F6D
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0102
IE: Unknown: 32088C129824B048606C
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK