Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread Brian
On Tue 05 Jul 2016 at 18:20:15 +0200, deloptes wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > This laptop works perfectly well with eth1. It justs needs you > > to change wlan0 to eth1 in wicd when you install it (Shift-P and > > type eth1 in the appropriate box). > > Ah yes might have been the easier way.

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > MIne (or rather, my client's) isn't doing now.  We have proved that it can > work.  But I still can't restart the laptop and find that wireless is > working.  I still have to fiddle, and then fiddle some more.  And there is > still a dns problem that I still haven't solved. (NM

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread deloptes
David Wright wrote: > This laptop works perfectly well with eth1. It justs needs you > to change wlan0 to eth1 in wicd when you install it (Shift-P and > type eth1 in the appropriate box). Ah yes might have been the easier way. The naming is set in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules I cou

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 05 July 2016 16:32:32 David Wright wrote: > I have a suspicion that, at some time in the past, not every kernel's > ipw2200 module has worked properly (even with the firmware apparently > correctly loaded). MIne (or rather, my client's) isn't doing now. We have proved that it can work

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 05 Jul 2016 at 16:12:58 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 05 July 2016 16:02:52 David Wright wrote: > > It would be nice to know what the "it" is that chooses that default. > > I have a laptop with the same IPW2200 wireless, and it has always > > defaulted to eth1 in the same way as Li

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-05 Thread David Wright
On Tue 05 Jul 2016 at 15:13:28 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > 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.

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 05 July 2016 16:02:52 David Wright wrote: > It would be nice to know what the "it" is that chooses that default. > I have a laptop with the same IPW2200 wireless, and it has always > defaulted to eth1 in the same way as Lisi's did. > > If it's a "default", that would imply that there's s

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-05 Thread David Wright
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 09:48:46 (+0200), deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 03 July 2016 21:36:58 deloptes wrote: > >> Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > .  It would obviously be helpful, but I have always heretofore > >> > just accepted the interface name I was given!  Google here I come > >>

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
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 > > > > s

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
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=C

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
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

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-05 Thread Brian
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= You have a fully functional wireless

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:37:00 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 15:37:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > > > > It isn't. It is just a short quotation to show the ipw 2200 and the > > DRIVERS=="?*", because it bothered me that the drivers bit just h

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 23:39:26 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 23:36:44 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:37:00 Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 15:37:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > It isn't. It is

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 18:30:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# wpa_cli That is the correct command. > wpa_cli v2.3 > Copyright (c) 2004-2014, Jouni Malinen and contributors > > This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. > See README for more

Re: Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 23:36:44 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:37:00 Brian wrote: > > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 15:37:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > > > > > > It isn't. It is just a short quotation to show the ipw 2200 and the > > > DRI

Success after all!!! - was: Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:37:00 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 15:37:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > > > > It isn't. It is just a short quotation to show the ipw 2200 and the > > DRIVERS=="?*", because it bothered me that the drivers bit just h

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 19:58:15 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > > Perhaps you can try with a live ubuntu just to see if it works > > I tried. A screen full of coloured squiggly lines. I tried ctrl-alt F2. > Got a blank screen with a small horizontal flashing

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 21:13:13 deloptes wrote: > Let us know if it helped solve the problem. :-) I am at Royal Mail's mercy!! Thanks for all the patient help. Lisi

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > I think Brian's test was pretty conclusive. yes. I followed it. Perhaps indeed the card is dead. You may try replacing it. It is indeed a separate module mounted on the board. You need a screwdriver, some skills and good howto. Let us know if it helped solve the problem. reg

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > Perhaps you can try with a live ubuntu just to see if it works I tried. A screen full of coloured squiggly lines. I tried ctrl-alt F2. Got a blank screen with a small horizontal flashing cursor and nothing else. Tried ctrl-alt F7, ctrl-alt F8

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 19:32:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 19:00:02 Brian wrote: > > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 18:30:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# wpa-cli > > > bash: wpa-cli: command not found > > > > Do you think I would deliberately give a c

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 19:32:47 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Thanks for the help.  I either try and make a fool of myself, or learn > nothing. Sorry, again. Punctuation. Try; and make a fool of myself; or don't try, and learn nothing. Lisi

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 19:00:02 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 18:30:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# wpa-cli > > bash: wpa-cli: command not found > > Do you think I would deliberately give a command which does not exist? > Try using a bit of common or garden. I

POSSIBLY SOLVED Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 18:43:08 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 17:58:58 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > > > I've been using the ipw2200 for few years on one siemens-fujitsu > > > notebook with out issues. There was first debian and then ubuntu on

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 18:30:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# wpa-cli > bash: wpa-cli: command not found Do you think I would deliberately give a command which does not exist? Try using a bit of common or garden. It's a typo. [...Snip...] > Selected interface 'wlan0'

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 17:58:58 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > > > > I've been using the ipw2200 for few years on one siemens-fujitsu notebook > > with out issues. There was first debian and then ubuntu on it. Strange that > > you can not suddenly conne

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:58:58 Lisi Reisz wrote: > # Bring up wireless > # auto wlan0 > # iface eth1 inet dhcp >   #      wpa-ssid NETGEAR08 >    #     wpa-psk dao45eeWcartwheel Bother. Sent in error. I'd better change that fast. :-( I'm going for a cup of tea. :-( Lisi

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:37:00 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 15:37:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > > > > It isn't. It is just a short quotation to show the ipw 2200 and the > > DRIVERS=="?*", because it bothered me that the drivers bit just h

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 04 July 2016 14:20:23 deloptes wrote: > >> Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > >> > >> on my one it looks like this > >> > >> # PCI device 0x8086:0x08b1 (iwlwifi) > >> SUBSYSTEM=="net

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 15:37:42 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > > It isn't. It is just a short quotation to show the ipw 2200 and the > DRIVERS=="?*", because it bothered me that the drivers bit just had a > question mark, but apparently my worry abou

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 14:20:23 deloptes wrote: >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules >> >> on my one it looks like this >> >> # PCI device 0x8086:0x08b1 (iwlwifi) >> SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", >> ATTR{address}=="x

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 15:16:23 Brian wrote: > On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 14:53:13 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 02 July 2016 14:07:45 deloptes wrote: > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Where next? > > > > > > reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg > > > > > > try iwlconfig > > > > > > check i

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Nicolas George
Le septidi 17 messidor, an CCXXIV, Dan Purgert a écrit : > No, No, not "no". > the whole udev thing is to keep the kernel from doing weird things > with device naming on boot (such as swapping eth0 for eth1). You are talking about implementation, I was talking about policy. >

Re: Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Brian
On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 14:53:13 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 July 2016 14:07:45 deloptes wrote: > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Where next? > > > > reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg > > > > try iwlconfig > > > > check if you have the appropriate firmware > > > sarah@debian-wheezy:

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Dan Purgert
Nicolas George wrote: > > --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Le septidi 17 messidor, an CCXXIV, Dan Purgert a =E9crit=A0: >> As I recall it ... >>=20 >> - prefix ("en" | "wl") indicates w

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 14:20:23 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules > > on my one it looks like this > > # PCI device 0x8086:0x08b1 (iwlwifi) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="xxx", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", \ >

Totally non-functioning wifi card- starting again completely was: Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 14:07:45 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Where next? > > reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg > > try iwlconfig > > check if you have the appropriate firmware sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ dmesg | grep 2200 [ 11.175897] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Netw

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules on my one it looks like this # PCI device 0x8086:0x08b1 (iwlwifi) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="xxx", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", \ ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" why shouldn't

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Nicolas George
Le septidi 17 messidor, an CCXXIV, Dan Purgert a écrit : > As I recall it ... > > - prefix ("en" | "wl") indicates whether it's [e]ther[n]et or [wl]an. > - p# indicates the PCI Bus it's on > - s# indicates the slot on that PCI Bus > > it's all part of the "new" udev/systemd naming, because i

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 July 2016 08:48:46 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 03 July 2016 21:36:58 deloptes wrote: > >> Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > .  It would obviously be helpful, but I have always heretofore > >> > just accepted the interface name I was given!  Google here I come > >> > again.

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread Dan Purgert
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > [snip] > [...] "wlp2s0" on Sid Unstable. > > [...] > > PS enp1s0 is now my other one, as well. > As I recall it ... - prefix ("en" | "wl") indicates whether it's [e]ther[n]et or [wl]an. - p# indicates the PCI Bus it's on - s# indicates the slot on that PCI Bus it

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-04 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 03 July 2016 21:36:58 deloptes wrote: >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > .  It would obviously be helpful, but I have always heretofore >> > just accepted the interface name I was given!  Google here I come >> > again. >> >> just comment out the eth1 lines from the udev file a

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-03 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/3/16, deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> I have discovered something I find interesting in this, which does not >> seem to be directly in reply to anything that has gone before - so it was >> difficult >> to place it in the thread. I have deliberately broken the >> "conversation", >> b

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 21:36:58 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > .  It would obviously be helpful, but I have always heretofore just > > accepted the interface name I was given!  Google here I come again. > > just comment out the eth1 lines from the udev file and reboot. it should > add the

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-03 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > .  It would obviously be helpful, but I have always heretofore just > accepted the interface name I was given!  Google here I come again. just comment out the eth1 lines from the udev file and reboot. it should add the proper one after AFAIR

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 19:59:50 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I have discovered something I find interesting in this, which does not > > seem to be directly in reply to anything that has gone before - so it was > > difficult > > to place it in the thread. I have deliberately broken the >

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-03 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > I have discovered something I find interesting in this, which does not > seem to be directly in reply to anything that has gone before - so it was > difficult > to place it in the thread. I have deliberately broken the "conversation", > but not the thread. > > From the router

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Lisi Reisz wrote on 07/03/16 17:56: > On Sunday 03 July 2016 15:05:00 Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:56:07 Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:49:44 deloptes wrote: Lisi Reisz wrote: > Ah! That could be part of the problem,but on its home network it has > w

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 15:05:00 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:56:07 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:49:44 deloptes wrote: > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Ah!  That could be part of the problem,but on its home network it has > > > > worked fine for several years, and

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:56:07 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:49:44 deloptes wrote: > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Ah!  That could be part of the problem,but on its home network it has > > > worked fine for several years, and stopped working suddenly on Friday > > > afternoon, on the c

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 14:49:44 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Ah!  That could be part of the problem,but on its home network it has > > worked fine for several years, and stopped working suddenly on Friday > > afternoon, on the clients' premises,  while connected.  I had been > > upgradin

Re: Laptop wireless problem - very slight tangent

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
I have discovered something I find interesting in this, which does not seem to be directly in reply to anything that has gone before - so it was difficult to place it in the thread. I have deliberately broken the "conversation", but not the thread. From the router's log: Every time I try (onc

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > Ah!  That could be part of the problem,but on its home network it has > worked fine for several years, and stopped working suddenly on Friday > afternoon, on the clients' premises,  while connected.  I had been > upgrading earlier. If it was working, then perhaps it messed up

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 12:53:22 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I have just checked.  It is not working.  I suspect that none of the GUI > > software, this being an old 32 bit laptop, can handle IPv6.  But it seems > > very odd that the card is finding the networks (and it is finding quite

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > I have just checked.  It is not working.  I suspect that none of the GUI > software, this being an old 32 bit laptop, can handle IPv6.  But it seems > very odd that the card is finding the networks (and it is finding quite a > few) and getting an IPv6 address, but not getting a

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 10:41:31 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:6f:00:3a:b3 > > Ah and check txpower with iwconfig > > sometimes it is set to 0dB rendering wireless useless. > example > iwconfig eth1 txpower 10 root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# iwc

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 03 July 2016 10:25:55 deloptes wrote: > now what I don't understand is can you use your intel/build in. No. That was the original problem and why I was trying to use an external card in the first place. > you also > did not post the intel dmesg firmware loading lines, but i assume if

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:6f:00:3a:b3 Ah and check txpower with iwconfig sometimes it is set to 0dB rendering wireless useless. example iwconfig eth1 txpower 10 regards

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-03 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > root@debian-wheezy:~# dmesg | grep wifi > [ 13.615263] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin > [ 13.615316] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load > [ rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin > (-2) > [ 13.634110] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin > [

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 19:28:00 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? > >> > >> It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been > >> working for s

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? >> >> It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been >> working for several years and stopped suddenly late on Friday afternoon.

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Did you reload the ipw2000 module after installation of the firmware? Don't know if 'modprobe -r ..' would work. Else you'd have to reboot. Regards, jvp.

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? >> >> It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been >> working for several years and stopped suddenly late on Friday afternoon.

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? > > It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been working > for several years and stopped suddenly late on Friday afternoon.  But I had > been upgradin

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 15:33:40 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote on 07/02/16 02:15: > > The built in wireless on teh Dell Inspiron 9300 suddenly stopped working. > > Having poked around a bit with wicd and network-manager (not > > simultaneously), > > > > > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ grep

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 14:07:45 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Where next? > > reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg > > try iwlconfig iwlconfig doesn't seem to exist, anyhow in Debina so: root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wirel

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Lisi Reisz wrote on 07/02/16 02:15: > The built in wireless on teh Dell Inspiron 9300 suddenly stopped working. > Having poked around a bit with wicd and network-manager (not simultaneously), > > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ grep wifi /proc/modules > rtlwifi 45511 2 rtl8192cu,rtl_usb, Live 0xf829b00

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > Where next? reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg try iwlconfig check if you have the appropriate firmware regards

Re: Laptop wireless problem - further progress

2016-07-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 06:23:34 Francesco Ariis wrote: > On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 01:46:37AM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > [...] > > Please you are already a prolific poster, try at least to reply > to your own threads with the proper `In-Reply-To` header or we'll > get one new thread for every mes

Re: Laptop wireless problem - further progress

2016-07-01 Thread Francesco Ariis
On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 01:46:37AM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > [...] Please you are already a prolific poster, try at least to reply to your own threads with the proper `In-Reply-To` header or we'll get one new thread for every message you post.

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
Further to the two from me which haven't got through yet (threading is going to be really mucked up) having appeared to connect through /e/n/i/, and got only an IPv6 address so that I appeared to be unable to make any actual connections anywhere, I obviously did get through because, from my rout