Problems with wifi

[Lisa Kachold]

Hi!

Your choices are to turn it on as needed or off as needed.

Turn down when beep annoying:

Open terminal:

# ifdown eth1

or

# ifconfig eth1 down

Or from the menu, edit the Network devices to be inactive.

Further if your interface is flapping (which it is) I would verify
that your wireless is secured adequately.  In congested areas, Wep
crackers and other 802.11 thieves cause all manner of 3vi1 using
Backtrack4 type tools.

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On 10/1/09, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> My system keeps beeping at me....I get this from dmesg:
>
> [  362.815785] eth1: New link status: AP Out of Range (0004)
> [  366.310658] eth1: New link status: AP In Range (0005)
>
> I am connect to a wired LAN. eth1 is not enabled.
>
> /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> noauto eth1
>
> auto eth0
>
> iface eth0  inet static
>         address 192.168.25.148
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         broadcast 192.168.25.255
>         gateway 192.168.25.1
>         dns-search tc.ph.cox.net
>         dns-nameservers 68.105.28.12 68.105.29.12 68.105.28.11
>         up echo "home-lan"
>
> What do I need to do to stop the wifi interface from creating these error
> messages? I would like to shut it down if the network cable is installed,
> but I need it when I move the laptop to another location that has wifi. I
> need my local wifi for my blackberry, so I cannot turn it off.
>
> BTW, if I change the interfaces file to bring up the eth1, I have great
> signal strength since my wifi router sits about 10 feet from me in the same
> room.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>


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