I almost have my wifi working, but i still have one problem: i can connect to certain waps, but not others. so for example, i can connect to this one and use dhcpcd to get on the network, use the internet and everything(my neighbors said i could):
Cell 03 - Address: 00:11:24:27:94:2B
ESSID:"Apple Network 27942b"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:10
Encryption key: off
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality=50/100 Signal level=-71 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 1ms ago
but i cant do anything on this one except connect:
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0F:66:21:FE:1D
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Encryption key: off
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 11
Quality=55/100 Signal level=-68 dBm
if i try to run dhcpcd eth2 it just hangs for a long time. the only major differences i can see between these two waps are their protocol: the one i can connect to is using IEEE 802.11bg and the other uses IEEE 802.11b, bit rate: one is 11 mb/s, the other 54 mb/s(this shouldn't make a difference, should it?), and the one i can connect to has more extra rates.

i can use the linksys wap fine from windows on this laptop(i'm dual booting). anybody have any idea what might be wrong?