Hatty
February 1st, 2009, 10:00 PM
I have just upgraded to 8.10 Intrepid Ibex. The updates completed, the computer restarted, and wireless no longer works.
NetworkManager refuses to manage my wireless device, so I have resorted to the console, but that doesn't work either.
root@sakura:~# ifup 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/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0c:41:58:58:4b
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0c:41:58:58:4b
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 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
No DHCPOFFERS received.
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0c:41:58:58:4b
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=at76_usb driverversion=0.14beta1 firmware=1.101.0-86 wireless=IEEE 802.11b
root@sakura:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"gerryhome" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:F0:70:33:30
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry limit:8 RTS thr=1536 B Fragment thr=1536 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=78/100 Signal level=78/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
As you can see, it does in fact SEE the wireless network, but refuses to connect. I had no problem with this prior to upgrading to Ibex.
Any helpw ould be much appreciated.
NetworkManager refuses to manage my wireless device, so I have resorted to the console, but that doesn't work either.
root@sakura:~# ifup 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/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0c:41:58:58:4b
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0c:41:58:58:4b
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 10
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
No DHCPOFFERS received.
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0c:41:58:58:4b
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=at76_usb driverversion=0.14beta1 firmware=1.101.0-86 wireless=IEEE 802.11b
root@sakura:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"gerryhome" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:F0:70:33:30
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry limit:8 RTS thr=1536 B Fragment thr=1536 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=78/100 Signal level=78/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
As you can see, it does in fact SEE the wireless network, but refuses to connect. I had no problem with this prior to upgrading to Ibex.
Any helpw ould be much appreciated.