On July 30, 2005 11:23 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > John Wilson wrote: > > On July 30, 2005 09:58 am, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>John Wilson wrote: > >>>On July 29, 2005 11:23 am, John Wilson wrote: > >>>>Grrrrrrrrr, > >>>> > >>>>Now I can't seem to get the wireless card in my laptop to change the > >>>>darned channel it's listening on. I'll try to change the router and > >>>> see what happens. > >>>> > >>>>What might be causing this? The channel is properly set and the > >>>> network is restarted but the card is being very stubborn about this. > >>>> :-) > >>>> > >>>>ttfn > >>>> > >>>>John > >>> > >>>Further to that is this when I try a network restart: > >>> > >>>Bringing up interface wlan0: > >>>Determining IP information for wlan0...External network device eth0 is > >>>not ready. Aborting.. > >>> failed. > >>> [FAILED] > >>> > >>>It can't be my eth0, I hope, because I'm obviously using it. So it > >>> looks like the router. If I'm wrong in that assumption please let me > >>> know. > >>> > >>>More later. :-) > >>> > >>>ttfn > >>> > >>>John > >> > >>What does your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 file look > >>like? It sounds like you have "DEVICE=eth0" instead of "DEVICE=wlan0", > >>so it is using hte wrong device. > >> > >>It is also possible that wlan0 is not the correct device, depending on > >>what network device is created by the driver. If I remember correctly, > >>running "/sbin/ifconfig -a" will show all the interfaces. > >> > >>Mikkel > > > > Hi Mikkel, > > > > Looks like it's there. > > > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:F5:61:56:DC > > inet6 addr: fe80::211:f5ff:fe61:56dc/64 Scope:Link > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > Memory:b0100000-b010ffff > > > > Now I'm wondering if I'm suffering from serious brain cramp because my > > eth0 is connected to the same router on a wired interface and the > > wireless modem is trying to connect to the same router. Just a wild > > guess at this point. > > > > Now if my sister's puppy would leave me alone long enough to figure this > > out. :-) > > > > ttfn > > > > John > > John, > You will still need to check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts-ifcfg-wlan0 > to make sure it is set to use wlan0 and not eth0. There is nothing in > the rules that say you can not have more then one config file for the > same device, and it in not unheard of for the GUI to put the wrong > device in the config file. On my laptop, I used to have several config > files for the Ethernet NIC, before I changed to using net-profiles. I > would bring up the correct interface for the network I was connected to. > (2 different static IP configurations, as well as a DHCP configuration.) > > Mikkel
Hi Mikkel, ifcfg-wlan0 is pointing to the MAC address of the hardware so that isn't it. I did remove a line that had no variable set and I'll see if that does any good. I'm keeping on beating my head against that brick wall. :-) ttfn John -- This communication is sent to you from a Microsoft free computer running Mandriva Linux 2005 LE. There are no virii, worms, spyware or other nasties in this email.
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