Problems with wifi

[Mark Phillips]

Lisa,

Thanks for your advice. However,

# ifdown eth1
ifdown: interface eth1 not configured

and the interface is not configured in the network devices screen;

and it still beeps.

#ifconfig yields:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0b:db:a2:0f:b5
          inet addr:192.168.25.148  Bcast:192.168.25.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20b:dbff:fea2:fb5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:378259 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:2 frame:0
          TX packets:206613 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:550167235 (524.6 MiB)  TX bytes:17140516 (16.3 MiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xcc00

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:2d:7b:ed:b9
          inet6 addr: fe80::202:2dff:fe7b:edb9/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2607 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:63 errors:35 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:510333 (498.3 KiB)  TX bytes:25944 (25.3 KiB)
          Interrupt:5 Base address:0xe100

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:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1220 (1.1 KiB)  TX bytes:1220 (1.1 KiB)

When I go to volume control, all I can edit are the settings for the
microphone. No volume control is available for the laptop speaker. The beeps
still keep coming.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Mark

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
> Come to the Foundation for Blind Children on the 2nd Saturday of
> October at 10:00AM -- 13:00 for a presentation surrounding Linux
> Security distros and Wireless security (Backtrack4).
>
>
> 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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