Netbook wifi, wlan0 and inet6 address (F10)

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 17:37:58 Jim wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 07 January 2009 15:09:01 Steven I Usdansky wrote:
> >> I'm running wpa_supplicant, but right now I'm on an unprotected network.
> >> network is not running:
> >>
> >> ~# service network status
> >> Configured devices:
> >> lo eth0 pan0 wlan0
> >> Currently active devices:
> >> lo eth0 wmaster0 wlan0
> >
> > OK - that looks as though mine is ok, then.
> >
> >> ~# chkconfig --list network
> >> network        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
> >> ~# chkconfig --list NetworkManager
> >> NetworkManager 	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
> >
> > As does that.
> >
> >> Looks like you're using the madwifi driver. I haven't used it on my AA1
> >> in Fedora as the ath5k driver in the newer kernels have been working for
> >> me. Nothing atheros-related is blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d;
> >> /etc.modprobe.conf is empty.
> >
> > I've removed ndiswrapper and madwifi, leaving only the kernel driver. 
> > The blacklists for ath5k and ath5k-pci have disappeared.  I've restarted
> > NetworkManager, but still no joy.
> >
> >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts# cat ifcfg-wlan0
> >> # Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express
> >> Adapter DEVICE=wlan0
> >> HWADDR=00:22:69:92:f3:a3
> >
> > Those lines match, too.
> >
> >> /etc/sysconfig# cat network
> >> NETWORKING=yes
> >> HOSTNAME=Labradorite
> >
> > I have those plus
> >
> > NETWORKING_IPV6=no
> > GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
> >
> >> Nothing particularly interesting that I can see in sysconfig, but I've
> >> included it just in case.
> >
> > Anne
>
> I have not seen your original post, about what your having problems with.
> But !! Fedora 10 had problems on original install with DNS, but the
> problem was resolved on updates, did you get the latest updates ?

Hi, Jim.  Yes, I keep all my boxes up to date

Anne
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