On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 13:22 -0700, John Wilson wrote: > 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. :-) just a thought when I boot with wireless enabled it sets up as eth 2.6 > > ttfn > > John > plain text document attachment (message.footer) > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________
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