-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:35:55 +0200, Ken Heard wrote: > > [...] > >> I would like however to be able to have the wireless connection enabled >> on boot-up. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me how to do so. > > Add "auto wlan0" to /etc/network/interfaces. > I did as you suggested, but it did not work.
In an effort to determine why, I ran "dmesg|grep wlan0" which returned the following: [ 115.301609] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 1845.942662] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 [ 1845.942676] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:04:0e:76:ff:46 [ 1845.951180] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 1846.143176] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:04:0e:76:ff:46 [ 1846.145035] wlan0: RX authentication from 00:04:0e:76:ff:46 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) [ 1846.145044] wlan0: authenticated [ 1846.145050] wlan0: associate with AP 00:04:0e:76:ff:46 [ 1846.148041] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:04:0e:76:ff:46 (capab=0x451 status=0 aid=1) [ 1846.148041] wlan0: associated [ 1846.148041] wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:04:0e:76:ff:46) [ 1846.148041] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [ 1856.758407] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present I then ran "cat /var/log/syslog|grep NetworkManager" which showed the following: Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> starting... Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> New VPN service 'openvpn' (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn). Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> New VPN service 'vpnc' (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc). Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ipw_wlan_switch Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'tg3'. Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing. Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'. Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0. Sep 29 07:35:54 R61 NetworkManager: <info> Wireless now enabled by radio killswitch Sep 29 07:35:57 R61 NetworkManager: <debug> [1222666557.497372] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2a02_drm_i915_card0'). Sep 29 07:36:30 R61 NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists. Sep 29 07:36:30 R61 NetworkManager: <WARN> nm_dbus_get_networks_cb(): error received: org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks - org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo.NoNetworks. I then ran command "ifup wlan0", which returned: ifup: interface wlan0 already configured So, the interface may be configured, but obviously was not connecting. I next ran command "ifdown wlan", which returned the following: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid with pid 2719 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3c:28:09:1e Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3c:28:09:1e Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPRELEASE on wlan0 to 192.168.178.1 port 67 send_packet: Network is unreachable send_packet: please consult README file regarding broadcast address. I then ran "ifup wlan0" again, with the following result: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3c:28:09:1e Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:3c:28:09:1e Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.178.1 DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.178.1 bound to 192.168.178.28 -- renewal in 392034 seconds. So, the only way I can get a wireless connection is by not having the boot-up process try to establish a connection automatically on boot-up, but to establish the connection manually after boot-up is completed by running "ifup wlan0". Does all the foregoing give anyone any idea why I cannot establish on boot-up of my Lenovo R61 ThinkPad a good wireless connection? Regards, Ken Heard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjghjsACgkQlNlJzOkJmTdkoQCbBnLg/3CjkzJ4qA7zvozUffuZ fHwAnj4Cbp+DMgZ5VEV2dKAGitzuQKfK =Lr9t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
