Wireless@SG: I can't get in!!

Submitted by jmarki on 14 January 2007 - 1:45am

This is embarrassing. First, I keep thinking "Wireless@SG" is "Wireless@3G" (I wonder if it's because I'm dyslexic), then I can't connect to the network in Linux!!

I was in Velocity Mall (the renamed Novena Square) with MH, after a brief visit to IRAS. We went to the tcc outlet there to while the time away till dinner. I hauled out my laptop, determined to have a try at the Wireless@SG network. BTW, TCC allows you to use their power outlets free of charge. Smiling

(In case you are wondering, Wirless@SG is a new island-wide wireless network. And the best thing is: it's free!! Smiling There are some concerns about the utter lack of security, but I'll pass this for now...)

So, I inserted my wireless card, and went to tinker at the commandline:


$ iwlist eth1 scan
$ iwconfig eth1 essid "Wireless@SG" ap any commit
$ iwconfig eth1

And the card doesn't link to the Wireless@SG network at all. Can't set the ESSID. Tried to restart the card, specify the ap, escape the "@" with "\@", checked the man pages, but nothing works. Okay, connected to another network called "home1" instead.

MH suggested I try doing it in Windows. It worked. Sigh. Sad

I feel so noob. Sigh. Sad

Does anyone know how to get it to work?

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