Re: Wireless Dead
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 06:29:54PM -0400, Mike Pobega wrote:
> On 10/23/08, Felipe Gallois <felipe@gallois.com.br> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 19:56, Mike Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Last night my wireless just stopped working for no reason. I unpacked
> >> my laptop from my school bag, tried to connect to my router but it
> >> didn't do anything. It kept timing out the DHCP. So I tried scanning
> >> to see if my router was picked up, but it turns out that iwlist ath0
> >> scan only reported a quality of 17/70. While within range of the
> >> router (55/70) I am still unable to connect. Everything else works
> >> fine and my interface is brought up properly, but I have no way to
> >> properly connect it.
> >>
> >> I am using an Eee PC 900 with the madwifi drivers.
> >>
> >>
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> > can you connect to another network?
> > did you upgrade your system?
> > what version are you running?
> >
> > cheers!
> >
>
> -No, I haven't had the chance, but I have a feeling it won't prove any
> differently.
> -No, I didn't. Although I did install cryptsetup and dmsetup which may
> have had something do with it, being that they messed with the
> initramfs...But I've since recovered my backup initramfs and the
> wireless still refuses to work.
> - Lenny on kernel 2.6.25
I've tried reinstalling madwifi and the problem persists. I'll be trying
to connect to another AP tonight, so let's hope it's just my router.
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