On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Mark Phillips <mark@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
IPv6 uncompressed	: FE80:0:0:0:202:2DFF:FE7B:EDB
IPv6 fully uncompressed	: FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:2DFF:FE7B:0EDB

(Are you doing teredo tunneling on your network? Nevermind!)

So, you have a device, /dev/eth1, and ifconfig has entry for it and it's up.

What is your distro?
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? 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@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@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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