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My only consolation is that this fault is not intermittent. :-( |
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Here's what happened. I emerged a different (to my tried & tested rt2x00-9999 |
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wireless driver). Then I uninstalled rt2x00-9999, but I couldn't get the new |
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driver to work. So, I unmerged it, remerged rt2x00-9999 (this is a CVS |
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package) and I have not been able to make it work ever since. I even |
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recompiled the kernel in hope of getting it to work, but I can't get it to |
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detect any Access Points: |
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# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart |
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* Starting wlan0 |
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* Loading networking modules for wlan0 |
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* modules: apipa arping ccwgroup macchanger macnet rename ifplugd |
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iwconfig essidnet iptunnel iproute2 pppd system dhcpcd ip6to4 |
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* ifplugd provides plug |
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* iwconfig provides wireless |
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* iproute2 provides interface |
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* pppd provides ppp |
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* dhcpcd provides dhcp |
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* Configuring wlan0 for MAC address 00:11:50:18:55:3F ... [ ok ] |
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* ifplugd does not work on wireless interfaces |
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* Configuring wireless network for wlan0 |
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* Scanning for access points |
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* no access points found |
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* Couldn't find any access points on wlan0 |
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* Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 [ !! ] |
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Here's some additional relevant info: |
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# iwlist wlan0 scanning |
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wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down |
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# iwconfig wlan0 |
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wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" |
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Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated |
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RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B |
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Encryption key:off |
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Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 |
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Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 |
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Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 |
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The device and its modules are loaded: |
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# lsusb |
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Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 |
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Bus 002 Device 007: ID 050d:7050 Belkin Components F5D7050 ver 1000 WiFi |
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# lsmod | grep -i 2500 |
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rt2500usb 31168 0 |
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80211 157644 2 rt2500usb,rc80211_simple |
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# lsmod | grep -i 80211 |
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ieee80211softmac 26880 0 |
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ieee80211_crypt_ccmp 6720 0 |
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ieee80211_crypt_wep 4032 0 |
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rc80211_simple 4416 0 |
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80211 157644 2 rt2500usb,rc80211_simple |
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tcpdump doesn't show much when run immediately after I insert the adaptor: |
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# tcpdump -vv -i wlan0 |
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tcpdump: WARNING: wlan0: no IPv4 address assigned |
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tcpdump: listening on wlan0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 68 |
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bytes |
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tcpdump: pcap_loop: recvfrom: Network is down |
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0 packets captured |
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0 packets received by filter |
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0 packets dropped by kernel |
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Would you perhaps know how I may be able to troubleshoot this thing before I |
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lose my temper and throw it out of the window? |
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PS. I might have un/plugged it during probing/scanning - could that have |
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caused some physical damage? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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