From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch ([130.92.0.84]:47440 "EHLO mailhub-lb3.unibe.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754513Ab0G1KUq (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:20:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4C500460.5000505@iam.unibe.ch> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:20:16 +0200 From: Zhongliang Zhao MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: iw dev wlan0 link - "Not connected" References: <4C4D5560.2040201@iam.unibe.ch> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 07/26/2010 07:23 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Zhongliang Zhao wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> When I use "iw dev wlan0 link" to get information on wlan0 (basically to >> check the channel used on wlan0), >> it says: " Not connected " >> >> Can someone tell me how to fix this? >> > Refer to: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw#Getting_link_status > > And then: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw#Establishing_a_basic_connection > > What you really want to use is: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/wpa_supplicant > > Luis > Luis, thanks for the reply. But actually we're working on mesh nodes with the iw-tool installed, so maybe we should use the "mesh" interface mode. In this case, how to solve the problem? Thanks, zhongliang