On July 30, 2005 01:54 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > 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 >
Hi Aron, When I used ndiswrapper it set it up as wlan0. So I'm assuming that that's the correct one. And puppy is snoozin' so I have a minute or two to play again. 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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