On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:41 AM, John Frankish <j-frank...@slb.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John [mailto:nesre...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, 13 July, 2010 11:33 >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: NetworkManager Cannot Connect to Wireless Network >> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:14 AM, John Frankish <j-frank...@slb.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hmm - now I see the following in dmesg: >> > >> > ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart >> > >> > There are many, many hits for this in google, but no solutions... >> > >> >> I assume you have gotten things working with WEP turned off? Go the >> the router and disable WEP, and similarly on your computer select "no >> encryption", and make sure everything works. I can't remember if you >> said you had done that or if somebody else mentioned this, but just to >> be sure, it's worth checking that things work properly in the most >> simple setup. >> >> John >> > No, I have not tried turning WEP off, but on the same machine booted in > tinycorelinux I can connect, albeit after a couple of attempts and not using > NetworkManager. > > Also on three other laptops (none of which use the same hardware) and an > iPhone there are no problems connecting. > > I'll try rmmod/modprobe ipw2100 (google suggests this might work) and if not, > I guess it's ndiswrapper...
This last bit suggests that you are looking at hardware and compatibility. Someone else on this thread has suggested NetworkManager does not have a great reputation. That gives you lots of variables (aka "suspects"). I have a Mepis 8 live CD that I sometimes use for testing (even if it's a plain Debian system). Mepis 8 is basically Lenny, but Mepis has (and has had for quite a long time) a very effective network control package. If in doubt about an encrypted wifi connection, I find that throwing in this live CD can at least give me a clue about hardware and compatibility. It accepts the WEP key as either Hex or Ascii (automatically translates to Hex), which can be handy. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktincefkerjwdciklvxyznatdua6vxedrrsoqa...@mail.gmail.com
