Ho installato la wireless su Mepis. Sembra configurata ed attiva, questa è la risposta di ifconfig e iwconfig:

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root@alex-mepis:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:77:5D:84:24
          inet addr:192.168.1.56  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:77ff:fe5d:8424/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3960 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1458 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2068268 (1.9 MiB)  TX bytes:215275 (210.2 KiB)
          Interrupt:17

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:65 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3240 (3.1 KiB)  TX bytes:3240 (3.1 KiB)

root@alex-mepis:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11a  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
Ma nonostante io sia a 30 cm dall'access-point, non mi rileva alcun segnale.
Che verifiche posso fare per sapere se sta girando bene la scheda wifi?

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