Local connection but no internet

[tad1073]

NM shows that I am connected but when I try to access the internet fx always times out.
There seems to be a local connection but no internet connection.

[DGortze380]

NM shows that I am connected but when I try to access the internet fx always times out.
There seems to be a local connection but no internet connection.

Need a whole lot more info than that.

Lets start with how are you connected to the internet? Specifically.

[tad1073]

wireless connection

[DGortze380]

wireless connection

Ok... maybe I wasn't clear. Need A LOT MORE INFORMATION.

Who your ISP?
What type of service (cable, dsl, dial-up, 3G)?
Do you have a Modem?
Do you have a router?
Access Point?
Has the connection ever worked?
Have you changed anything on the computer recently?
Brand and model of your wireless card?

And any other information you have please...

[tad1073]

ISP is not important, where as, I can connect using vista and w7

DSL modem connected to a Linksys wireless N router

the wireless router
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1194054018722 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8639967&type=product&id=1194054018722)

the wireless card
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=531 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7843747&type=product&id=1142298456916)


*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1f:e2:01:ea:2d
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=0.3.3.3-k6 firmware=0.9-2 latency=0 module=e1000e multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: 00:21:91:06:37:28
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=168 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 3
logical name: pan0
serial: 3e:91:cd:9b:e2:cf
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

[tad1073]

bump

[Iowan]

Maybe not related, but what is output from route? (wondering about gateway...)

[tad1073]

I have since removed ubuntu.

There is a nasty bug somewhere in the kernel. After rebooting into vista, somehow some thing in the linux kernel captures my wirless card, gives me limited connectivity eg. no internet connection, can not disable wireless card, causes me to have to do a hard shutdown etc.

[DGortze380]

After rebooting into vista, somehow some thing in the linux kernel captures my wirless card,

ummm... no. lol.

I'm am quite sure your deleted linux kernel is not interfering with Vista.

Good Luck.

[tad1073]

ummm... no. lol.

I'm am quite sure your deleted linux kernel is not interfering with Vista.

Good Luck.

This was before I removed ubuntu

[DGortze380]

This was before I removed ubuntu

I am also quite sure your linux kernel has nothing to do with your issues while booting Vista... that's like saying the word document on your flash drive that you left at the office is causing your home computer to not print correctly... it makes no sense.

[tad1073]

I am also quite sure your linux kernel has nothing to do with your issues while booting Vista... that's like saying the word document on your flash drive that you left at the office is causing your home computer to not print correctly... it makes no sense.

All I know is, that, after restarting form ubuntu then booting into vista I was having the same issue where I had limited connectivity with my wireless connection.

I would restart and boot into W7 and wireless would work fine. I then would restart and boot Vista and wireless would work normally.

It is just kind of odd, that's all.

[hyuecn]

I am having a similar problem; when I boot up I can connect to the internet, after about 10 mins I still have network access but can't get online. Works fine in Vista still

[tad1073]

Still no working connection via wireless.

I have changed security to AES w/mixed mode (B+G+N)
I have disabled security and changed the mode to G
Booted 8.10 live cd to see if I could connect with 8.10.

Nothing works!!!

[DGortze380]

Still no working connection via wireless.

I have changed security to AES w/mixed mode (B+G+N)
I have disabled security and changed the mode to G
Booted 8.10 live cd to see if I could connect with 8.10.

Nothing works!!!

I thought you removed Ubuntu?

It would be a good start if you'd give us the information we asked for so we could try to help.


Maybe not related, but what is output from route? (wondering about gateway...)

the output of the following would also be helpful.



ifconfig -a




lspci




cat /etc/network/interfaces

[tad1073]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@no hacking
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: no hacking
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=0.3.3.3-k6 firmware=0.9-2 latency=0 link=no module=e1000e multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@no hacking
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: no hacking
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=168 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: No Hacking
ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=20/100 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level=-101 dBm
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=no hacking
Extra: Last beacon: 24ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr No hacking
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Memory:fdfc0000-fdfe0000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3504 (3.5 KB) TX bytes:3504 (3.5 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr no hacking
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr no hacking
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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

pan0 no wireless extensions.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.04


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -mr
2.6.28-11-generic x86_64


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep "ath9k"
ath9k 288568 0
mac80211 251144 1 ath9k
led_class 13064 1 ath9k


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep wlan0
[ 91.675581] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 92.334609] wlan0: authenticate with AP no hacking
[ 92.336133] wlan0: authenticated
[ 92.336135] wlan0: associate with AP no hacking
[ 92.339733] wlan0: RX AssocResp from no hacking (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 92.339737] wlan0: associated
[ 92.348089] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 92.348196] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[ 103.157026] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 137.448548] wlan0: authenticate with AP no hacking
[ 137.452272] wlan0: authenticate with AP
[ 137.652028] wlan0: authenticate with AP
[ 137.852030] wlan0: authenticate with AP
[ 138.052020] wlan0: authentication with AP timed out

and more of the same

[iv76erson03]

I am having this problem too with Remix on my Aspire One. All of a sudden no internet, but I can connect to the router. Also my weather bug thing updates, but nothing else connect.

Edit: Hmm, just found out that I can connect to a website by typing in its IP address instead of www.*.com. That's probably why my weather bug works because it's looking up an ip instead of a url. Does this help anyone solve my problem?

[DGortze380]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@no hacking
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: no hacking
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=0.3.3.3-k6 firmware=0.9-2 latency=0 link=no module=e1000e multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@no hacking
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: no hacking
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=168 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: No Hacking
ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=20/100 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level=-101 dBm
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=no hacking
Extra: Last beacon: 24ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr No hacking
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Memory:fdfc0000-fdfe0000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3504 (3.5 KB) TX bytes:3504 (3.5 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr no hacking
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr no hacking
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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

pan0 no wireless extensions.


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.04


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -mr
2.6.28-11-generic x86_64


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep "ath9k"
ath9k 288568 0
mac80211 251144 1 ath9k
led_class 13064 1 ath9k


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep wlan0
[ 91.675581] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 92.334609] wlan0: authenticate with AP no hacking
[ 92.336133] wlan0: authenticated
[ 92.336135] wlan0: associate with AP no hacking
[ 92.339733] wlan0: RX AssocResp from no hacking (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1)
[ 92.339737] wlan0: associated
[ 92.348089] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 92.348196] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[ 103.157026] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 137.448548] wlan0: authenticate with AP no hacking
[ 137.452272] wlan0: authenticate with AP
[ 137.652028] wlan0: authenticate with AP
[ 137.852030] wlan0: authenticate with AP
[ 138.052020] wlan0: authentication with AP timed out

and more of the same


Obviously you think you know better which commands will help me explore my theory of what's wrong better than I do..

If you want help, you can at least have the courtesy to post the output requested.

I'm no longer following this thread. Maybe someone can put up with the bull and help you.

[tad1073]

removed by poster

[tad1073]

Obviously you think you know better which commands will help me explore my theory of what's wrong better than I do..

If you want help, you can at least have the courtesy to post the output requested.

I'm no longer following this thread. Maybe someone can put up with the bull and help you.



thomas@tad:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr censored
inet addr:192.168.1.96 Bcast:censored Mask:censored
inet6 addr: censored Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1280 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1242 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:1484342 (1.4 MB) TX bytes:228037 (228.0 KB)
Memory:censored

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 B) TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr censored
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr censored
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr censored
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


thomas@tad:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


thomas@tad:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@censored
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: censored
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=0.3.3.3-k6 firmware=0.9-2 ip=censored latency=0 module=e1000e multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@censored
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: censored
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=168 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: censored
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

[tad1073]

bump

[tad1073]

bump

[Iowan]

When you lose connectivity, can you ping via IP address? Also, check results of route -n to see if the gateway is your router (or modem, or whatever connects you to network).
It might also be good to check contents of /etc/resolv.conf to see if DNS service has changed. I'm somewhat suspicious that NM keeps this information elsewhere - but I haven't discovered secret hiding place yet...

[tad1073]

When you lose connectivity, can you ping via IP address? Also, check results of route -n to see if the gateway is your router (or modem, or whatever connects you to network).
It might also be good to check contents of /etc/resolv.conf to see if DNS service has changed. I'm somewhat suspicious that NM keeps this information elsewhere - but I haven't discovered secret hiding place yet...

I only gained limited connectivity one time and after that nothing. I was getting an error that /etc/resolve.conf doesn't exist.

[tad1073]

thomas@tad:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
thomas@tad:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

thomas@tad:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:39:F3:60:B8
ESSID:"Wade"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=14/100 Signal level:-89 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: Unknown: 000457616465
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD06001018020014
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000018926df3a
Extra: Last beacon: 356ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1A:70:6B:A7:98
ESSID:"Beach"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=15/100 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: Unknown: 00054265616368
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD09001018020015000000
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000af334564189
Extra: Last beacon: 100ms ago
Cell 03 - Address: removed by poster
ESSID:"thompson"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=23/100 Signal level:-83 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: Unknown: 000874686F6D70736F6E
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0102
IE: Unknown: 2F0102
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1A7E181BFFFF000001000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1606051300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD6F0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001 0310470010475F282D18EEFDBC3646F17B6B7ADA2410210007 4C696E6B737973102300075752543136304E10240006313233 3435361042000234321054000800060050F204000110110007 5752543136304E100800020084
IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F4050000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C337E181BFFFF0000010000000000000000000000 00000000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3406051300000000000000000000000000000000 000000
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000d21944d17
Extra: Last beacon: 376ms ago
Cell 04 - Address: 00:1A:70:57:89:67
ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=9/100 Signal level:-92 dBm Noise level=-98 dBm
Encryption key:off
IE: Unknown: 00076C696E6B737973
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 050400010000
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F5000000
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000074983e188
Extra: Last beacon: 388ms ago

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

thomas@tad:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1f:e2:01:ea:2d
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=0.3.3.3-k6 firmware=0.9-2 latency=0 link=no module=e1000e multicast=yes port=twisted pair
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@removed by poster
logical name: wmaster0
version: 01
serial: removed bu poster
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k latency=168 module=ath9k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: removed by poster
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

end

[tad1073]

more info

thomas@tad:~$ sudo cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver madwifi
wpa-ssid thompson
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise CCMP
wpa-group CCMP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk removed by poster
thomas@tad:~$ sudo ifdown wlan0
ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured
thomas@tad:~$ sudo ifdown -v wlan0
ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured
thomas@tad:~$ sudo ifup -v wlan0
Configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/dhclient3-apparmor
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant
wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver madwifi
wpa_supplicant: "madwifi" wpa-driver is unsupported
wpa_supplicant: using "wext" wpa-driver instead ...
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D wext -q -s -C /var/run/wpa_supplicant
Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...
wpa_supplicant: creating sendsigs omission pidfile: /lib/init/rw/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid
wpa_supplicant: ctrl_interface socket located at /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0
wpa_supplicant: wpa-ap-scan 1 -- OK
wpa_supplicant: configuring network block -- 0
wpa_supplicant: wpa-ssid "thompson" -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-psk ***** -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-pairwise CCMP -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-group CCMP -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK -- OK
wpa_supplicant: wpa-proto RSN -- OK
wpa_supplicant: enabling network block 0 -- OK

dhclient3 -e IF_METRIC=100 -pf /var/run/dhclient.wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.wlan0.leases wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/removed by poster
Sending on LPF/wlan0/removed by poster
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-up.d
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-autoipd
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/avahi-daemon
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/mountnfs
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant

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[Iowan]

I was getting an error that /etc/resolve.conf doesn't exist.It doesn't... it's /etc/resolv.conf - without the final "e".

[tad1073]

contents of resolv.conf

#Generated by Network Manager

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[tad1073]

Ugraded to 9.10 alpha 1 and wireless worked right off the bat.