Wicd does not display channel numbers

[mungewell]

Running on feisty.

Wicd does not report the channel numbers in the gui panel. This would be important if you are trying to connect to ad-hoc networks (see my other bug) and there are multiple similarly named networks on different channels.

In the case of managed networks normally you would only spec the essid, however under some situations you might want to connect to a specific AP - in which case you'd want to spec the bssid of the AP.
Simon.

[Adam Blackburn (adamblackburn)]

What wireless card do you have, and what is the output of

sudo iwlist scan

?

[mungewell (simon-mungewell)]

see files attached in:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/129608

I also ran an alpha Gutsy last night, which does show channel numbers so perhaps this is already fixed, but not backported.
Simon.

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

The problem is that your wireless driver under Feisty doesn't report the channel number in iwlist scan. My guess is that under Gutsy it does.

[mungewell (simon-mungewell)]

err... the 'iwlist' dump attached shows channel frequencies (but not numbers) and this was done on feisty. Maybe these could be used as a fall back when channel numbers aren't present.

I'll check the listing under Gutsy later, I've only a live CD to run....

Simon.

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

I can probably convert the frequencies to a channel number, actually. At the least I'll have the frequencies display if the channel number isn't available. I'll work on it and add the fix to the svn it's ready to be tested.

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

Ok, the experimental branch of wicd on the svn should support displaying the channel if only frequency info is available. If you're using version 1.3.3 you should be able to just download the new networking.py file here: http://wicd.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/wicd/experimental/networking.py?revision=86
Put that in your /opt/wicd folder and completely restart wicd (close the tray/gui and run 'sudo /etc/init.d/wicd start'). When you restart the tray/gui the channel number should get displayed. I couldn't fully test it (I don't get any frequency info in my iwlist scan), but testing it on your iwlist.txt worked.

[mungewell (simon-mungewell)]

Haven't tried this out yet, but you probably add channels 12, 13 & 14 as well.

12 = 2.467GHz
13 = 2.472GHz
14 = 2.484GHz

'Globaly' yours,
Simon.

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

Forgot to add that you'll need to get the file run-script.py from the svn as well for the new networking.py to work properly.
http://wicd.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/wicd/experimental/run-script.py

[mungewell (simon-mungewell)]

Ok,
the channel numbers are now displayed.

Thanks,
Simon.