Using the suggested comment that /etc/network/interfaces needed lines
commented out, I went to a working system and compared the interfaces
file.
In the installation using the wireless interface the interfaces
file contained a serious security violation as shown here:
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid NETGEAR
wpa-psk wittyflower875
In that the file contains, in plain ASCII text,
the ssid and password for the network and the file
is viewable by all users.
I commented out the lines and added
allow-hotplug eth0
which I don't know is absolutely necessary.
A reboot of the system does bring up the WiFi
interface without any difficulty that I can see
at the present time.
Please include a note as to when changes will be made.
I am aperiodically downloading netinst from the daily-build
and installing the system from scratch.
Another bug found. When plugging in a USB thumb memory drive,
it is not recognized and mounted. This bug may have already
been reported. I discovered it when I was thinking of writing
both installs (with and without using wlan0) and doing a
diff -r ( :-) ) to compare the file systems and the exact
files that were configured differently. So many bugs and so
little time.
thanks and I hope this helps,
chuck adams
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