WiFi connect issue

[Bob Wallace]

On 12/20/2014 09:45 PM, Lisa Desperation wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> Unfortunately there are not a LOT of Mandriva users here in PHX.

Sorry I missed your response over the Christmas holiday period. I have 
since managed -- finally! -- to cobble things back together by adding 
the appropriate lines to the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file. The Atheros 
card is working like a champ once again. Thanks!

> Let's "package" this issue to troubleshoot:
> a) Did you hit the wireless hardware switch on your Lenovo?
That would take some concerted effort on anyone's part: two function 
keys in concert.
> b) Logs please: iwconfig dmesg
> c) Which wireless card do you have on your Lenovo:
Atheros, which works very well, /when/ it's working.

-Bob

>   * Intel 802.11agn Mini PCI Express wireless adapter on selected models.
>   * ThinkPad 802.11bg Mini PCI Express wireless adapter on selected
>     models.
>   * Intel 802.11agn+802.16e WiMAX wireless adapter on selected models.
>   * Qualcomm HS-USB for Verizon Wireless WAN (UNDP) on selected models
>
> d) What kernel version driver are you using:
> lspci -vv
> e) You didn't use anything like ndiswrapper to install the altheros 
> chipset driver or anything like that?
> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_iso_hardware_list
> This guy seems to also have your same issue:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linuxusersgroup/-s8AQGA-huI
> *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2014 at 9:41 AM
> *From:* "Bob Wallace" <bob.wallace39 at gmail.com>
> *To:* plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> *Subject:* WiFi connect issue
> Snowbird in town for the winter with a WiFi connect issue between laptop
> and hot spot. While the wlan0 is coming up at boot time, it's not
> allowing the laptop to connect with it in any way other than a direct
> plug-in to the USB port. After digging around inside, it appears the
> device phy0 is set up with an address that is different from the hot
> spot that wlan0 should connect with. Connecting with anything other than
> the hot spot -- library, coffee shop -- is not an issue, it connects
> every time, everywhere. The laptop's WiFi connect setup for the hot spot
> is using the correct address for making the connection, but is not
> connecting wirelessly.
>
> Background: This is a Lenovo T500 running Mageia v4, all system files up
> to date. Mageia is a fork of Mandriva (Mandrake prior to that) from
> several years ago.
>
> Bob Wallace
> Wintering in Phoenix

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