Summary: | ipw2200 module loads on boot, but eth0 is inaccessible | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Mark J. Bobak <mark> |
Component: | [OLD] Unspecified | Assignee: | Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE) <mobile+disabled> |
Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | 2005.1 | ||
Hardware: | x86 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Mark J. Bobak
2005-09-14 22:19:50 UTC
What does a plain call to `iwlist` and `ifconfig -a` yield upon boot-up (before your manual fix)? 'iwlist' gives a usage error: mars mjb # iwlist Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [interface] frequency [interface] channel [interface] bitrate [interface] rate [interface] encryption [interface] key [interface] power [interface] txpower [interface] retry [interface] ap [interface] accesspoints [interface] peers [interface] event I'm not sure which of the iwlist options you want me to demonstrate.... Here's iwconfig output: mars mjb # iwconfig eth0 eth0 unassociated ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off 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 So, clearly, it's not associating with the AP. But why does unloading and reloading fix it? Here's ifconfig -a output: mars mjb # ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:1A:82:66 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000 Memory:dcfef000-dcfeffff lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 Finally, here's the same output after a simple rmmod ipw2200 && modprobe ipw2200: mars mjb # iwconfig eth0 eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:"linksys" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:06:25:5A:DC:85 Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-43 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 mars mjb # ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:1A:82:66 inet addr:216.144.205.109 Bcast:216.144.205.111 Mask:255.255.255.248 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:699 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:459 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:465278 (454.3 Kb) TX bytes:64404 (62.8 Kb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0x2000 Memory:dcfef000-dcfeffff lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3000 (2.9 Kb) TX bytes:3000 (2.9 Kb) Please let me know what other info I can provide.... Thanks! Please see if you can reproduce this using net-wireless/ipw2200-1.0.7-r1. |