pan0 wlan0 and wmaster0 problem

Hello guys,

I have a problem with some applications on my laptop with open suse 11.1. When I take ifconfig I get these interfaces back:

eth0 (this is ok), pan0 (Whats this?) wlan0 and wmaster0(I don´t know what this is, but I read that this is a failure configuration Unterschied wlan0 und wmaster0 › Forum › ubuntuusers.de) I have a Atheros AR5007EG and i compiled with the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205. I think this is the problem isn´t it?

The iwconfig command give me no result, but when I start yast/network configuration first, (pop-up with "Your network is controlled by network manager, please use this to manage your network configuration), after clicking ok,close the window, the iwconfig shows me the tree interfaces I wrote the lines before.

Can someone help me?

best regards

Bill

billturn wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I have a problem with some applications on my laptop with open suse
> 11.1. When I take ifconfig I get these interfaces back:
>
> eth0 (this is ok), pan0 (Whats this?) wlan0 and wmaster0(I don´t know
> what this is, but I read that this is a failure configuration
> ‘Unterschied wlan0 und wmaster0 › Forum ›
> ubuntuusers.de
> (http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/unterschied-wlan0-und-wmaster0/)) I
> have a Atheros AR5007EG and i compiled with the
> madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205. I think this is the problem isn´t
> it?
>
> The iwconfig command give me no result, but when I start yast/network
> configuration first, (pop-up with "Your network is controlled by network
> manager, please use this to manage your network configuration), after
> clicking ok,close the window, the iwconfig shows me the tree interfaces
> I wrote the lines before.

Wmaster0 is a master interface created by mac80211. It has definite value, but
for the usual station creation, just ignore it. I didn’t read your references
about it being a “failure configuration”, but it most definitely is not a
problem. The interface wlan0 is your wireless device. The device pan0 comes from
bluetooth networking.

thansk Iwfinger for the information;

I have checked my interfaces and all things are ok;

But what is with the:

The iwconfig command give me no result, but when I start yast/network
> configuration first, (pop-up with "Your network is controlled by network
> manager, please use this to manage your network configuration), after
> clicking ok,close the window, the iwconfig shows me the tree interfaces
> I wrote the lines before.

Thats really mysterious :slight_smile:

greetings

bill

billturn wrote:
> thansk Iwfinger for the information;
>
> I have checked my interfaces and all things are ok;
>
> But what is with the:
>
> The iwconfig command give me no result, but when I start yast/network
>> configuration first, (pop-up with "Your network is controlled by
> network
>> manager, please use this to manage your network configuration),
> after
>> clicking ok,close the window, the iwconfig shows me the tree
> interfaces
>> I wrote the lines before.
>
> Thats really mysterious :slight_smile:

That one I do not understand. I always get the same iwconfig ooutput whether I
run YaST, or not.

Larry