Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem
On Tuesday 05 July 2016 15:05:37 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 July 2016 14:54:34 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 05 July 2016 09:26:00 Brian wrote:
> > > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 23:39:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > > status 0
> > > >
> > > > bssid=00:8e:f2:8f:58:58
> > > > freq=0
> > > > ssid=NETGEAR08
> > > > id=0
> > > > mode=station
> > > > pairwise_cipher=CCMP
> > > > group_cipher=CCMP
> > > > key_mgmt=WPA2-PSK
> > > > wpa_state=COMPLETED
> > > > address=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > > > uuid=<string-of-numbers>
> > >
> > > You have a fully functional wireless card. It has authenticated and
> > > associated with the access point. Association can be confirmed with
> > > iwconfig.
> > >
> > > If you have physical access (and only if you have) to the machine
> > > bring down the wired connection with
> > >
> > > ifdown -v eth0
> > >
> > > Check with
> > >
> > > route -n
> > >
> > > Now obtain an IP address for the wlan0 interface with
> > >
> > > dhclient -v wlan0
> > >
> > > The wireless connection lasts as long as the machine is not powered
> > > off or rebooted.
> >
> > But the dns stops working if you plug the ethernet cable in. Just plug
> > it in. Don't do anything. But it must be recognised to have nay effect.
> > It is now unplugged again, but dns has still stopped working. :-(
> >
> > Still, this is great!!! Thank you, Brian. I have filed the method for
> > bringing up wireless manually separately in case my google foo deserts
> > me!!
> >
> > So now,I need to solve two questions: what has happened to dns and why
> > can't network managers connect the wifi card??? Am googling dns almost
> > as we speak.
>
> Just started and found already thsi interesting (in teh circumstances)
> nugget of a symptom:
>
> "Only IPv6 resolution working when IPv4 resolution is not working, and visa
> versa"
>
> Now you have proved yourself and deloptes right, I'm going to try
> installing NM and giving it another chance, as suggested. I can always
> uninstall it again!!
> https://www.slightfuture.com/how-to/debian-dns-resolv
>
> Lisi
Footnote:
Just tried to ssh in from my box and got this:
lisi@Tux-II:~$ ssh sarah@debian-wheezy.local
ssh: Could not resolve hostname debian-wheezy.local: Name or service not known
lisi@Tux-II:~$
It's connected, but not. But the hardware seems fine.
Lisi
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