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BloX
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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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Hi folks,
over night my Gentoo doesn't want to do Wlan anymore. I just started the Computer this morning and dmesg says:
| Code: | | ADDRCONF (NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
As far as I can see i didn't do no updates which could had have such a result (pci-utils maybe?). The link seems to come up properly, also ndiswrapper isn't complaining about anything. I can also do a
| Code: | | # iwlist wlan0 scan |
With no probs. Only when I try to assign an IP I get the message above.
I am using a WG311v3 (Netgear) with ndiswrapper (ver. 1.25). The Kernel is build out of the Gentoo-Sources (2.6.17-r8).
Does anyone have an idea (or maybe even a clue) to this?[/code] |
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InsaneHamster
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| BloX wrote: | Hi folks,
over night my Gentoo doesn't want to do Wlan anymore. I just started the Computer this morning and dmesg says:
| Code: | | ADDRCONF (NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
As far as I can see i didn't do no updates which could had have such a result (pci-utils maybe?). The link seems to come up properly, also ndiswrapper isn't complaining about anything. I can also do a
| Code: | | # iwlist wlan0 scan |
With no probs. Only when I try to assign an IP I get the message above.
I am using a WG311v3 (Netgear) with ndiswrapper (ver. 1.25). The Kernel is build out of the Gentoo-Sources (2.6.17-r .
Does anyone have an idea (or maybe even a clue) to this?[/code] |
id reccomend u make a simple script for bringing wireless up and down
*** being to match your settings
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--up--
iwconfig
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid *your ID*
iwconfig wlan0 mode &Managed*
iwconfig wlan0 *key restricted *******
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0
--down--
ifconfig wlan0 down
killall dhcpcd
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that whay u can bring it up and down with ease even as a rc-script
i found mine would go randomly through the nite too sometimes so i had to elaborate with ping tests to keep it alive |
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BloX
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| InsaneHamster wrote: |
id reccomend u make a simple script for bringing wireless up and down
*** being to match your settings
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--up--
iwconfig
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid *your ID*
iwconfig wlan0 mode &Managed*
iwconfig wlan0 *key restricted *******
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0
--down--
ifconfig wlan0 down
killall dhcpcd
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Wouldn't run properly i guess....
I just tried to reinstall the Windows-Driver. The result was that everything worked out fine until I did a simple
| Code: | | # ifconfig wlan0 up |
and dmesg again brought the above message. |
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InsaneHamster
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| BloX wrote: | | and dmesg again brought the above message. |
id recommend u run a 'ifconfig wlan0 down' and kill any type of dhcpcd servers or anything then reinstall. it could be possible a process is still using it
i think ? ndiswrapper has a remove command ? did u run that before ur ndiswrapper -i windriver.inf |
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BloX
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| InsaneHamster wrote: |
id recommend u run a 'ifconfig wlan0 down' and kill any type of dhcpcd servers or anything then reinstall. it could be possible a process is still using it
i think ? ndiswrapper has a remove command ? did u run that before ur ndiswrapper -i windriver.inf |
Yepp, here is what I just did:
| Code: | # lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 3776 1
isofs 23172 1
nls_base 6016 2 nls_iso8859_1,isofs
kqemu 105412 0
ide_cd 35716 1
cdrom 37856 1 ide_cd
i2c_amd756 5444 0
i2c_core 16464 1 i2c_amd756
# ndiswrapper -l
no drivers installed
# ls
TRANS.TBL WG311v3.INF WG311v3.cat WG311v3.sys WG311v3XP.sys
# ndiswrapper -i WG311v3.INF
installing wg311v3 ...
# modprobe ndiswrapper |
At this point dmesg says:
| Code: | ndiswrapper version 1.25 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver wg311v3 (NETGEAR,02/22/2005,3.1.1.7) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:08.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using IRQ 9
wlan0: vendor: ''
wlan0: ethernet device 00:14:6c:31:5a:b1 using NDIS driver wg311v3, 11AB:1FAA.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK |
So, everything seems to be fine, going on:
| Code: | # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11FH ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
RTS thr:2346 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
[...]
Cell 04 - Address: 00:15:0C:A2:AC:3F
ESSID:"Speedport W 501V"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
[...]
# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
# iwconfig wlan0 essid "Speedport W 501V"
# ifconfig wlan0 up |
Then again dmesg says:
| Code: | | ADDRCONF (NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
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InsaneHamster
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| BloX wrote: | | ADDRCONF (NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready |
with a reboot & unload the nsdiswapper before hand assumed, i would have to say possibly re-emerge the ndiswrapper and check kernel modules configuration if its in place. |
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BloX
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| Yeah, re-emerge-ing ndiswrapper is perhaps the last chance I have. I really can't imagine why all these weird things are happening. |
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InsaneHamster
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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| BloX wrote: | | Yeah, re-emerge-ing ndiswrapper is perhaps the last chance I have. I really can't imagine why all these weird things are happening. |
my first guess is simply that another process or application is hogging it down. make sure ndiswrapper is completely unemerged before re-emerging it cause i once had a problem where it would hold the old driver inside it. if u cleaned it and re-tryed it still doesnt go hardware is what u need to check kernel straight modules recompiled and updated maybe even internet permissions on users ? im assuming u have been doing this all with correct privillages for bringing it up. just tweak with it one step a time. |
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BloX
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo doesn't want to do WLan anymore |
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Argh! No use at all.
I think I completely removed everything related to ndiswrapper. At least i unmerged it, deleted /etc/modules.d/ndiswrapper and /etc/ndiswrapper/, re-emerged pciutils (just to be sure), emerged ndiswrapper again and installed the Windows XP-drivers.
Same result as above.
BTW: The Card is OK (it does it job under windows), I tried all other versions of the driver (for ME, 2000, 98) also.
Does someone know what effects an update of pciutils can have? |
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kraix
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First off I noticed with my forays into using ndiswrapper on my bcm43xx wireless card that unmerging ndiswrapper doesn't always remove the module itself. So my suggestion to do is to make sure you rm /lib/modules/<kernel version>/net/ndiswrapper.ko before you re-emerge. A couple time when I tried to upgrade it didn't seem to upgrade until after I removed the driver manually. If it is removed when you unermeg then grats to you, mine didn't seem to want to even when it was a fresh reboot and it wasn't included in my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6.
Also, I've been having this problem with my wireless card and I am going to ask for help since I haven't been able to find an answer to it yet, sometimes my card will completely stop working after boot. Have you tried having it come up at boot? Just a suggestion. |
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BloX
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I think i am going to install Gentoo freshly these days. Hopefully the problem will dissappear with this. I really don't know what else to do. Usually I'm hacking on things like these till it works again but this problem is far beyond my logic.... |
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