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From: "Nelson
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Help getting PCMCIA WiFi card working again
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:35:41
Message-Id: 3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0BDE@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Help getting PCMCIA WiFi card working again by Daevid Vincent
1 > -----Original Message-----
2 > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@××××××.com]
3 > Sent: 21 December 2006 10:11
4 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
5 > Subject: [gentoo-user] Help getting PCMCIA WiFi card working again
6
7 --snipsnip--
8
9 > daevid ~ # ifconfig
10 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:3B:65:87
11 > inet addr:24.17.255.202 Bcast:255.255.255.255
12 > Mask:255.255.252.0
13 > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500
14 > Metric:1
15 > RX packets:5739 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
16 > TX packets:150 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
17 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
18 > RX bytes:363967 (355.4 Kb) TX bytes:35779 (34.9 Kb)
19 >
20 > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:3B:65:88
21 > inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255
22 > Mask:255.255.255.0
23 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
24 > RX packets:27 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
25 > TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
26 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
27 > RX bytes:4112 (4.0 Kb) TX bytes:7001 (6.8 Kb)
28 >
29 > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
30 > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
31 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
32 > RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
33 > TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
34 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
35 > RX bytes:1096 (1.0 Kb) TX bytes:1096 (1.0 Kb)
36 >
37 >
38 > daevid ~ # iwconfig
39 > eth0 no wireless extensions.
40 >
41 > eth1 no wireless extensions.
42 >
43 > lo no wireless extensions.
44 >
45 > wifi0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"test"
46 > Mode:Master Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
47 > Sensitivity=1/3
48 > Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
49 > Encryption key:off
50 > Power Management:off
51 >
52 > wlan0ap IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"test"
53 > Mode:Master Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
54 > Sensitivity=1/3
55 > Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
56 > Encryption key:off
57 > Power Management:off
58 > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
59 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
60 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
61 >
62
63 Forgive me if I am mistaken, but doesn't this show your WLAN card not
64 being called wlan0, but instead being called wifi0?
65
66 Just a guess.
67
68 David
69
70 Note: These views are my own, advice is provided with no guarantee of
71 success. I do not represent anyone else in any emails I send to this
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