Re: Wireless access suddenly broken
Ln 28 Oct 2005, David Goodenough wrote:
> On Friday 28 October 2005 11:37, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > On 28 Oct 2005, David Goodenough wrote:
> > > Iwconfig does not ever read /etc/network/interfaces. /e/n/i is
> > > effectively a script to configure an interface, iwconfig gets the current
> > > config from the driver.
> > >
> > > The first question is there, what changed - apart from it not working.
> > > Had you upgraded anything, had you changed any settings on the wireless
> > > AP? Something must have changed, so we need to find what it is.
> > >
> > > Have you looked in /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/syslog for any messages
> > > related to this adapter? If not please do.
> > >
> > > What kernel are you running, what wireless card are you using, and in
> > > the case where there is more than one (i.e. any Prism 2 based card) which
> > > driver are you using?
> > >
> > > David
> >
> > I'm using Sid and probably did do an upgrade in the last day or two. I
> > have not changed any settings myself.
> >
> > Dmesg shows:
> >
> > MAC enabled eth1 <MAC no. of card>
> > eth1 index 0x05: Vcc 5.0, Vpp 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013F
> >
> > Syslog shows the above two lines, plus:
> >
> > executing: '.network start eth1 2>&1'
> > + Sample private network setup
> >
> >
> > The card is a Cisco Aironet 340
> >
> > Kernel 2.6.13-1-686; I also tried 2.6.10-1-686
> Well one thing that has changed in the last few days is the wireless
> support libraries. So that might be worth backing out as it might be
> at odds with the level of Wireless Extensions in the driver you are
> using.
>
> You have still not told us the make of card, or the driver you are
> using.
>
> David
>
I did say it is a Cisco Aironet 340. The driver is airo_cs.
Which libraries? Wireless-tools? Not sure what to do in that case.
Anthony
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