Problems with wifi

Thu Oct 1 16:52:55 MST 2009

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> Hokey...(but)
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
> That appears to be saying:  Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> Hmmm, it appears to have an IPv6 address of:
>
> IPv6 compressed :  FE80::202:2DFF:FE7B:EDB<http://ip-lookup.net/?FE80::202:2DFF:FE7B:EDB> IPv6
> uncompressed :  FE80:0:0:0:202:2DFF:FE7B:EDB<http://ip-lookup.net/?FE80:0:0:0:202:2DFF:FE7B:EDB> IPv6
> fully uncompressed:  FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:2DFF:FE7B:0EDB<http://ip-lookup.net/?FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:2DFF:FE7B:0EDB>
>
> (Are you doing teredo tunneling on your network? Nevermind!)
>

Not that I know of!

>
> So, you have a device, /dev/eth1, and ifconfig has entry for it and it's
> up.
>
> What is your distro?
>

My apologies...I forgot to add that at the top....Debian testing

> Just because you have noauto setup in the /etc/network/interfaces file
> doesn't mean it's not going to come up on boot.
> That is going to be configured in your
> /etc/sysconfig/network-TAB/ifconfig-eth1.conf file.
>
> You can do this also via menu based configuration tools under the System
> Tab/Menu.
>
> Are you using NetworkManager or wicd?
>

Actually, I have never touched NetworkManager - I just configured the
/etc/network/interfaces, rebooted and away I went.

>   Distro?  (Paths are different based on distro, and behavior of the
> network distro squeaky)
>
>
>>
>> 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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