[NBLUG/talk] Disappearing WiFi

[Mark Osborne]

Hello,
Ubuntu Edgy running on a Dell p4 Linksys card and router.
Worked flawlessly for 3 months. Today, system does not recognize a
wireless connection. 
Pulled the board, rebooted, and one of the two ethernet connections
drops out of the network. Ok, so it sees the Wireless card as an
ethernet card? now....
Reinstall the card, reboot, and the extra ethernet connection shows up.
Replaced the WiFi card with an identical card, same scenario....

WiFi works as usual with the Mac.....

how can I convince linux that the card is indeed wireless?

thoughts?

need more info?

Thanks,

Mark