Further to the two from me which haven't got through yet (threading is going
to be really mucked up) having appeared to connect through /e/n/i/, and got
only an IPv6 address so that I appeared to be unable to make any actual
connections anywhere, I obviously did get through because, from my router's
log:
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:51:50
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:51:38
[DHCP IP: (192.168.0.9)] to MAC address <laptop's wireless MAC address>
Saturday, July 02,2016 00:51:17
[WLAN access allowed]from MAC: <laptop's wireless MAC address> Saturday, July
02,2016 00:50:46
[WLAN access allowed]from MAC: <laptop's wireless MAC address> Saturday, July
02,2016 00:50:42
[WLAN access allowed]from MAC: <laptop's wireless MAC address> Saturday, July
02,2016 00:50:31
[WLAN access allowed]from MAC: <laptop's wireless MAC address> Saturday, July
02,2016 00:50:26
[DHCP IP: (192.168.0.9)] to MAC address <laptop's wireless MAC address>
Saturday, July 02,2016 00:49:05
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:42:28
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:42:15
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:42:03
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:41:50
[WLAN access denied]from MAC: <unknown MAC> Saturday, July 02,2016 00:41:38
[DHCP IP: (192.168.0.9)] to MAC address <laptop's wireless MAC address>
Saturday, July 02,2016 00:39:56
[WLAN access allowed]from MAC: <laptop's wireless MAC address> Saturday, July
02,2016 00:37:52
[WLAN access allowed]from MAC: <laptop's wireless MAC address> Saturday, July
02,2016 00:37:32
There were loads of the unknown MAC all afternoon. :-(
Lisi
On Saturday 02 July 2016 01:15:27 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> The built in wireless on teh Dell Inspiron 9300 suddenly stopped working.
> Having poked around a bit with wicd and network-manager (not
> simultaneously), I am checkinh whether the problem is sudden hardware
> failure. I plugged in a USB network card.
>
> Here is what I get:
>
> sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0b05:17ab ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB-N13 802.11n
> Network Adapter (rev. B1) [Realtek RTL8192CU]
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 1c4f:0003 SiGma Micro HID controller
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1631:5002 Good Way Technology
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1631:5400 Good Way Technology
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> sarah@debian-wheezy:~$
>
> sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ grep wifi /proc/modules
> rtlwifi 45511 2 rtl8192cu,rtl_usb, Live 0xf829b000
> mac80211 425575 3 rtl8192cu,rtl_usb,rtlwifi, Live 0xf8a02000
> cfg80211 350041 4 rtlwifi,mac80211,ipw2200,libipw, Live 0xf8313000
> sarah@debian-wheezy:~$
>
> But:
> sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -a
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <laptop's wireless MAC address>
> inet addr:192.168.0.9 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::214:22ff:fee7:6f21/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:679 errors:0 dropped:3 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:522 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:100380 (98.0 KiB) TX bytes:72694 (70.9 KiB)
> Interrupt:18
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <laptop's wireless MAC address>
> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:7 errors:17 dropped:17 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:945 (945.0 B) TX bytes:14187 (13.8 KiB)
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
> RX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:22493 (21.9 KiB) TX bytes:22493 (21.9 KiB)
>
> sarah@debian-wheezy:~$
>
> Where eth1 is the on-board card.
>
> Where next?
>
> With the on-board wifi card, I have tried DHCP and static IP. It reports
> failure at the authentication stage. I have checked and rechecked both the
> MAC address on the router and the passphrase entered in the laptop. Both
> are fine. As I say, it failed suddenly, at the client's house, and she
> does not use MAC address identification. The wireless worked immediately
> after the upgrade. I have tried Fn-F2.
>
> As I say, where next.
>
> I have no objection to e/n/i, in fcat I prefer it, but this is a laptop.
> It must be able to roam. So I have no idea where to start!
>
> Lisi
