On Tue, 22 May 2012, Mike C. wrote: > Rich, at this point I would highly recommend you go back to the default > vanilla Slackware install with WICD. The remove the static ip conifg on > eth0 and see if WICD manages the interface and routes packets correctly to > the WAP. I suspect it will. I can't recall if we did this test.
Mike, It's still a vanilla installation; wicd is an optional package that comes in the /extra filesystem. > When there is a static ip config for eth0 and no cable is plugged into > eth0, the default gateway entry for eth0 is not removed and causes > problems routing packets over the WLAN. That does not seem to be the case with NM. There's no ethernet cable attached and both eth0 and wlan0 are UP, but neither is RUNNING. 'iwlist scan' shows the closeby WAPs. > However, this should work. On the Dell, there are two default routes in > the routing table. 1 for eth0 and 1 for wlan0. I believe on the Dell there > were different metrics when the "route -n" command was run. Which I would > expect there to be if on default gwy interface has an active connection and > the other doesn't. Well, 'route -n' (and plain 'route') show only 127.0.0.1 (localhost) in the kernel routing table. Ergo, there is no default route for wlan0 and no gateway specified. HOWEVER, ... when I plug in the Ethernet cable, route shows a default to router1.appl-ecosys.com and a broadcast to 192.168.55.0; the default flag is 'UG'. I can ping another LAN host and the 'Net. Radio light's still on. So, it seems to be an issue of no route being set for the wlan0 interface with either WICD or NM. What does this suggest as the cause? Again, it seems to me to be something about the Sony Vaio since the Dell is running the same distribution and version (with WICD) and works flawlessly. Sigh, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
