Wireless does not start on boot, needs service restart to work

[PolishPaul]

I'm having a problem where the wireless network does not automatically start upon boot up. I have to restart the network service and it works fine.

I have a Lenovo T61 laptop running Ubuntu 8.04. nic = PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

The network interfaces file looks like this:

root@Atari130XL:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.130
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet dhcp

when i added the last 2 lines, it did not work. I simply restart network service and things work. I want to be able to boot up and just have the network start.

I'm honestly not sure how to even approach this problem - the card works, just doesn't start. I remember once reading something about enabling certain things after hibernation but i can't find the article.

[chili555]

First, the lines you added are commented out; they will have no effect. Perhaps you commented them out when you saw they had no effect.

Second, I doubt the interface for your 3945ABG is either eth0 or eth1. I also wonder how it is getting connected without an ESSID being declared, at a minimum. Please run, in a terminal:iwconfigLet's see what the interface really is.

[PolishPaul]

pczopowik@Atari130XL:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart (ARGH!!!)
[sudo] password for pczopowik:
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
pczopowik@Atari130XL:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Home" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:18:01:EB:AA:9B
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality=63/100 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



Yeah, i commented them out. Where is the ESSID supposed to be declared?

[deltamort]

i'm experiencing the same problem on my lenovo y410 too.

the wifi only starts with a reboot. can anyone help in this problem? it must have some problem on the restart service:(