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Steven Woody
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 Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: wlan: same configuration works on PC but not on Laptop |
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Hi,
I just installed my laptop, the slack version is same as my PC's:
Slackware 12.1. For using my wlan usb adapter (netgear wg111v2), I
copied the configuration (simply a rc.inet1.conf file) from my PC to
the laptop. After the laptop boot up, the 'ifconfig' seems ok, but
the link does not actually work ( I can not ping my wireless
receiver).
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:4d:66:52:4a
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:
255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:4dff:fe66:524a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
...
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-18-4D-66-52-4A-77-6C-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
...
Below are the configuration (the rc.inet1.conf file) I copied,
IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
IPADDR[4]="192.168.1.5"
NETMASK[4]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[4]="no"
....
WLAN_ESSID[4]="narkehome"
WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
WLAN_KEY[4]="9C9****903"
Have I missed anything? I can not image that why the same OS, same
config, same USB adapter can works on one computer but not another. |
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souljas
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: wlan: same configuration works on PC but not on Laptop |
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On Nov 8, 9:09 pm, Steven Woody <narkewo...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
I just installed my laptop, the slack version is same as my PC's:
Slackware 12.1. For using my wlan usb adapter (netgear wg111v2), I
copied the configuration (simply a rc.inet1.conf file) from my PC to
the laptop. After the laptop boot up, the 'ifconfig' seems ok, but
the link does not actually work ( I can not ping my wireless
receiver).
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:4d:66:52:4a
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:
255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:4dff:fe66:524a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
...
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-18-4D-66-52-4A-77-6C-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
...
Below are the configuration (the rc.inet1.conf file) I copied,
IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
IPADDR[4]="192.168.1.5"
NETMASK[4]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[4]="no"
...
WLAN_ESSID[4]="narkehome"
WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
WLAN_KEY[4]="9C9****903"
Have I missed anything? I can not image that why the same OS, same
config, same USB adapter can works on one computer but not another.
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change the ip address, see if that helps |
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Helmut Hullen
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:46 am Post subject: Re: wlan: same configuration works on PC but not on Laptop |
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Hallo, Steven,
Du meintest am 08.11.08:
| Quote: | I just installed my laptop, the slack version is same as my PC's:
Slackware 12.1. For using my wlan usb adapter (netgear wg111v2), I
copied the configuration (simply a rc.inet1.conf file) from my PC to
the laptop. After the laptop boot up, the 'ifconfig' seems ok, but
the link does not actually work ( I can not ping my wireless
receiver).
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Maybe "udev" makes trouble.
In my installation udev tells its interpretation of the interfaces in
/etc/udev/rules.d/network-devices.rules
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
Viele Gruesse
Helmut
"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". |
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Steven Woody
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject: Re: wlan: same configuration works on PC but not on Laptop |
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On Nov 10, 4:46 am, hel...@hullen.de (Helmut Hullen) wrote:
| Quote: | Hallo, Steven,
Du meintest am 08.11.08:
I just installed my laptop, the slack version is same as my PC's:
Slackware 12.1. For using my wlan usb adapter (netgear wg111v2), I
copied the configuration (simply a rc.inet1.conf file) from my PC to
the laptop. After the laptop boot up, the 'ifconfig' seems ok, but
the link does not actually work ( I can not ping my wireless
receiver).
Maybe "udev" makes trouble.
In my installation udev tells its interpretation of the interfaces in
/etc/udev/rules.d/network-devices.rules
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
Viele Gruesse
Helmut
"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
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Hi, everyone
I copied the whole etc directory from my desktop to the laptop (just
modified the /etc/fstab as necessary), then the wireless adapter
works! Let me make it clear: only copy the rc.inet1.conf and
rc.wireless.conf does __not__ work, but copy the whole 'etc' works
(and, I think I did not touch any udev thing). So, could you slack
expert tell me what /etc/... file really makes the difference?
Thanks. |
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Mark Madsen
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: wlan: same configuration works on PC but not on Laptop |
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:46:01 -0800, Steven Woody wrote:
| Quote: | I copied the whole etc directory from my desktop to the laptop (just
modified the /etc/fstab as necessary), then the wireless adapter works!
Let me make it clear: only copy the rc.inet1.conf and rc.wireless.conf
does __not__ work, but copy the whole 'etc' works (and, I think I did
not touch any udev thing). So, could you slack expert tell me what
/etc/... file really makes the difference? Thanks.
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Perhaps wpa.conf, wifi-radar.conf, maybe you bring up the interface in
rc.local? Could be a lot of stuff.
If you still have the (pre-copying) /etc on the laptop then you could do
a directory comparison followed by a file-by file comparison and tell us
what you find  |
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