From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GcBhc-0002kH-D5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:07:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9O24Gun008058; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:04:16 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9O20GEK025639 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:00:17 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 67so505725wri for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:00:16 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gX35QkrvCcu/ZjWhG6QVmVxctmucCCYF/4H0Uo8LDVY0qr38rD2Qbdc5Tj2thlqs1hsNkO0VPo8ZDsPYe+r794+HujEpc7zOL+ioNwoagTmeWdAzzn9FnTNllfQ9YjYeutT4t2gLmZyecqWRLRIzOS0yqQ6Yp8go/6DHh1SjHho= Received: by 10.78.97.7 with SMTP id u7mr8381181hub; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.128.3 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10610231900r6052fb8fr97cd1110095e6d88@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:00:13 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Wireless trouble, bad hardware? In-Reply-To: <2354.210.55.22.193.1161654011.squirrel@drgnfire.is-a-geek.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10610231804s1c558ea3h8f2dcd8dce0d30e7@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10610231813n7d612f49sa34fae0c2e6a76b9@mail.gmail.com> <2354.210.55.22.193.1161654011.squirrel@drgnfire.is-a-geek.com> X-Archives-Salt: 5b513683-6cc9-4bb5-816d-0e284a567927 X-Archives-Hash: a81fbeec4615e98e66c6297428b3583c > >> I'm having trouble with one of my systems not being able to reliably > >> connect to my Gentoo router wirelessly. > >> > >> I have a Netgear WG311T in the router and also the desktop that is > >> having trouble. I have a Netgear WG511T in my laptop. They all use > >> the madwifi driver. The laptop connects perfectly every time, and the > >> desktop used to connect perfectly but has slowly become less and less > >> reliable until now it rarely connects. The laptop and desktop are > >> both about 12 feet from the router. I'm in an apartment, but it > >> doesn't seem like interference could be the problem since the laptop > >> connects perfectly every time. > >> > >> Can anyone recommend anything to check in software? Does this sound > >> like a hardware problem? > > > > Sorry to reply to myself, but I forgot to mention that pinging the > > router (192.168.0.1) from the desktop returns: > > > > From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable > > > > 192.168.1.2 is the router's address on the WAN. If the desktop can't > > communicate with the router, how would it know the router's WAN > > address? > > > > What WAN Address? I cannot see any address other than one of the reserved > class C's. I would suggest that either the PC you are pinging from > ("desktop") does not have an address in the same range as the router, or > the default gateway is incorrect on the "desktop". Another possibility is > a an IP conflict but this is less likely. > Can you possibly post the IP configuration (ifconfig) from the "desktop" > machine so that we can see how the interface is set up. After rebooting the desktop, all I get from ping attempts is: connect: Network is unreachable so I guess it won't connect at all now. I don't think ifconfig would be useful now, but let me know if I'm wrong or if you have any other ideas. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list