Re: Wireless access suddenly broken
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
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