RE: [SLUG] problem with wireless

["Visser, Martin" <martin.visser@xxxxxx>]

David,

The interfaces that Ubuntu tries to bring up at boot time is determined
basically by the contents of /etc/network/interfaces. (This is
configured by the network GUI tool)

You might want to man "interfaces" and "ifup" to get a feeling of what
is going on. A simple problem that you might have is that your wireless
interface (eth1 or whatever) might not be marked as auto.

Also of consideration is that depending on how your wireless interface
is physically integrated (my HP/Compaq laptop uses a special USB
interface) might also determine when it is available to be "upped" (it
might be hotpluggable). Do you have a Function-F2 or somesuch that turns
wireless on or off - this might also cause the non-appearance of the
device?

You probably need to check out the tail of /var/log/kern.log and
/var/log/messages	for pertinent warnings/errors. 

Regards, Martin 


  

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-----Original Message-----
From: slug-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:slug-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of David
Sent: Monday, 11 July 2005 10:45 AM
To: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SLUG] problem with wireless 

I can't get my wireless to connect at boot. This is causing me
embarrassment because I keep telling everyone they should use Linux :(

>From a fresh install of Ubuntu Hoary, specifying wireless for my net
connection, wireless fails to connect. Signal is NOT a problem.

HOWEVER: If I deactivate wireless, manually create an ethernet
connection 
with the network panel, activate ethernet, deactivate ethernet, then 
activate wireless.. i get my wireless back! I've been able to replicate 
this consistantly.

Simply restarting networking doesn't work. I have to go through that 
ritual.

Without doing that, all the settings in the network panel look OK 
but the MAC address shown by iwconfig is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF and the 
flashing lights indicate no connection. ifconfig gives the right ip 
address etc and route shows the right gateway (192.168.0.1) on ath0

Dell Inspiron 4000, Netgear WGT624v2 AP, Netgear WG511T pcmcia card,
atheros chipset, using WEP 64bit key and static IP.

This is getting to be a showstopper for using Ubuntu. Works fine for 
WinME dual booted on the same machine :(

If anyone is getting good results using a similar set up, I'd love to
know 
what I'm doing wrong.


regards...

David.

PS: i've tried apt-get update, apt-get upgrade but that made no 
difference.

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