Hey guys,
So I have been having this problem with my WiFi which isn’t working. I am currently running on the following:
uname -a
Linux mmartin6510 2.6.31.14-0.8-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-04-06 18:09:24 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I am also using gnome-NetworkManager. If I left-click on the NetworkManager icon down on the taskbar near the clock it shows “Wired Networks” with eth0 connected, and “Wireless Networks” is blank under the heading, last week I believe it said something like “device unavailable” or something like that.
Network Details:
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long 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
pan0 no wireless extensions.
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 5C:26:0A:33:B9:8A
inet addr:192.168.5.131 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::5e26:aff:fe33:b98a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:267240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:172353 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
RX bytes:240006381 (228.8 Mb) TX bytes:24760442 (23.6 Mb)
Memory:e9600000-e9620000
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:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1028 (1.0 Kb) TX bytes:1028 (1.0 Kb)
hwinfo
43: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_58_94_6b_ac_e5_74_0'
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2)
linux.subsystem = 'net'
net.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_422c'
net.interface = 'wmaster0'
net.address = '58:94:6b:ac:e5:74'
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/wmaster0'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_422c'
net.arp_proto_hw_id = 801 (0x321)
info.category = 'net.80211control'
info.capabilities = { 'net', 'net.80211control' }
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_58_94_6b_ac_e5_74_0'
net.linux.ifindex = 3 (0x3)
info.subsystem = 'net'
info.product = 'Networking Wireless Control Interface'
Output from boot.msg
<6> 6.762433] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27kds
<6> 6.762439] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
<6> 6.762696] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
<7> 6.762706] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
<6> 6.762738] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6000 Series 2x2 AGN REV=0x74
<6> 6.789331] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
<7> 6.789388] alloc irq_desc for 36 on node 0
<7> 6.789389] alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
<7> 6.789408] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
<7> 6.789479] alloc irq_desc for 22 on node 0
<7> 6.789480] alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
I was curious about when the last time I was able to successfully use my wifi so I checked to see in NetworkManger and it just so happend to be that I was on a business trip in Atlanta on a different network then am usually connected to. Don’t know if that has to do with anything but I thought it was worth mentioning.
If I could supply any other info to you that would help, please let me know, and include the command to get it.
Also, I thought it may have something to do with assigning an IP address static-or-auto but I am not too familiar with NetworkManager to check that.
Thanks,
Matt