Andrew, Is there any chance that WiFi switch/toggle is touched, as you mentioned below that "RADIO is OFF"? If radio is off, all the description below make sense.
-Cecilia Andrew Myers Wrote: > Unfortunately I've had exactly the same results with svn_91. > > To summarise: > > My network uses WEP encryption with a 128 bit Hex key. > > With nwam - see my network but does not connect when I enter my WEP key > > With wificonfig - refuses to connect with error: > > wificonfig: failed to connect to profile 'homenet' > > The closest I've gotten is using dladm - it connects (I think...at least > it tells me it's connected, but I can't see it on my router's status > page). DHCP does not appear to work. I have tried setting a static IP > address, and taking the steps below (editing resolve.conf and > nsswitch.conf and running the svcadm restart command as below) however I > cannot connect to any internet sites. > > What's really frustrating is that this hardware has worked before with > the same network settings on previous opensolaris builds (b57 and b78), > but it seems something has happened that's caused it to no longer work. > > James C. McPherson wrote: >> Andrew Myers wrote: >>> My AP is service DHCP. >>> >>> When I issued that command it timed out (I replaced iwk0 with ipw0 >>> for my system). I then tried setting a static IP but couldn't >>> connect to any internet sites (I expect I also need to set the DNS >>> server somewhere?) >> Ah, yes - you'll need to make sure your /etc/resolv.conf has your >> nameserver(s) listed, and that /etc/nsswitch.conf has >> >> hosts: files dns >> >> then run "svcadm restart dns/client name-service-cache" >> >>> I decided a reboot might be worth a try, but now it won't start up >>> (I'm using the OpenSolaris 2008.05 live CD at the moment). >>> >>> It just keeps giving the message: >>> >>> WARNING: ipw0: ipw: RADIO is OFF >> In my experience that means I've generally managed to toggle the >> wifi activation button. >> >>> I think I'll download and install the latest SXCE build and see how I >>> get on with that. >> I hope it'll be better - the latest SXCE is build 90 iirc, but >> osol2008.05 is based on build86 - there's been change :-) >> >>> Please take this is constructive criticism rather than me being a >>> troll...but from my observations the wireless support in OpenSolaris >>> has a fair way to go to catch up with some of the Linux distros. >>> I'm happy to assist with its improvement if I can. >> nowurries at all (and you're a loooong way from trolling). >> >> >> >> James C. McPherson >> -- >> Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter >> http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog >> http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp >> Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org -- Cecilia.Hu at Sun.COM +86-10-62673947
