[NBLUG/talk] Disappearing WiFi

[Mark Osborne]

Hi Liz et al,

Yes, there is a kernel issue with the latest update. (sort of like
iTunes...)

I went back a version and was able to reload the connection info
through the networking screen. Back up and running.

Advise to those running *buntu, hold off on the update until this gets
sorted....

Best
Mark


--- Liz Young <liz at kandew.com> wrote:

> Mark Osborne wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> 
> On my laptop, the wireless card has always been assigned and eth1 or 
> eth2 interface name. I don't think it makes any difference if its
> eth0 
> or wlan0 or whatever.
> 
> Are you using network-manager?  If so, the /etc/network/interfaces
> file 
> must not contain anything (like a section for static IP). 
> Network-manager and static IP's don't mix.
> 
> What does the iwlist command return?
> 
> I like to do a "dmesg | grep eth" to see what interface name is
> assigned 
>    to each device.  Then I'll check with "grep eth(number from dmesg)
> 
> /var/log/messages" for errors.
> 
> Hmmm, I was just going to go on about firmware loading, and realized 
> there were some hiccups with the latest kernel updates from *buntu. 
> Maybe you need to update/install the latest restricted-modules
> package 
> to get the firmware for your card?
> 
> HTH,
> Liz
> 
> 
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