home log file (MAC obscured by me in paste)
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Information about this interface:
Interface: wlan0 Driver: ath5k Bus: pci MacAddress: 00:15:xxxxxxxx
Description: Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN
STEP1a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP1b: iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:xxxxxxxx
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm
Encryption key:off
ESSID:"Belkin_N_Wireless_75DBA1"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000177fa0017b
Extra: Last beacon: 712ms ago
IE: Unknown: 001842656C6B696E5F4E5F576972656C6573735F373544424131
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: Unknown: 2D1AEC0117FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1606000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3E0100
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4304000000
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B10
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33EC0117FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3406000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
STEP1c: ifconfig wlan0 down
STEP2: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
STEP3: iwconfig wlan0 channel 6
STEP4: iwconfig wlan0 essid "Belkin_N_Wireless_75DBA1"
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP6a: dhcpcd wlan0
dhcpcd[8802]: version 5.2.9 starting
dhcpcd[8802]: wlan0: checking for 169.254.26.68
dhcpcd[8802]: wlan0: using IPv4LL address 169.254.26.68
dhcpcd[8802]: forked to background, child pid 8906
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LAST 10 LINES of /var/log/messages:
Jul 1 21:03:06 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8802]: version 5.2.9 starting
Jul 1 21:03:07 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8802]: wlan0: checking for 169.254.26.68
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8802]: wlan0: using IPv4LL address 169.254.26.68
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8802]: forked to background, child pid 8906
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8906]: wlan0: carrier lost
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo user.debug kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1c:xxxxxxxx by local choice (reason=3)
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8917]: sending signal 1 to pid 8906
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8917]: waiting for pid 8906 to exit
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8906]: received SIGHUP, releasing
Jul 1 21:03:12 Eeejo daemon.info dhcpcd[8906]: wlan0: removing interface
Asus Eee 900, Lucid 528