On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:44:11 -0500 (CDT) Cheryl Homiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all. > > I am running debian lenny beta 2 on a thinkpad t23 laptop with a prism 2.5 > onboard card. My problem is that after installing, before I tried to do > anything with the card, I discovered with iwconfig that I had two > interfaces--wlan0 and eth1--that were supposedly using an essid and access > point that presumably belongs to one of my neighbors. I don't think the > card is actually succeeding in a full connection as I can't access the > internet when I remove the ethernet cable, bu I can't get rid of these > wrong essids. When I put in my essid for my network, which I also have in > /etc/interfaces, the information appears to be accepted but the attempt to > connect with dhclient doesn't work and when I reboot I find that these > interfaces are again trying to connect with the wrong access point. How do > I get rid of these and get my crd working properly on my system. Either > that, or how do I get rid of the interfaces for this card completely and > use the pcmcia atheros chip card that I have used successfully with > another machine in the past? A card that is brought up will generally attempt to connect to any AP in range, unless it is explicitly told to limit itself to a specific AP. There are different ways to manage wireless, /etc/network/interfaces, NetworkManager, etc. We need to know what your config is. > Cheryl Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
