I have given up with the network drivers and now compile my own modules. The standard ra0 driver does not work with the "iwpriv" commands which is a real pain for me.
I now use the ra0 driver from the web site where the original (with iwpriv) commands work. The reason for this is that I now use the bonding module, and bond the ra0 and the eth0 into the bond0 interface. This allows me work on gigabit wired interface when available, but if I need to move it to another room, I disconnect the wired interface and it fails over to the wireless interface. WIth bonding, the MAC address of the active interface (only one running at a time) is the same, correspondingly the DHCP address is also the same, so that my MySQL server on the laptop with a public LAN address is still available on wither wired or wireless. The same MAC and IP is important whichever network is active. Bonding does not work with wpa-supplicant which is the standard with Ubuntu driver for my wireless card running WPA or WPA2. I would not be happy going to WEP or no security just to fit in with the standard distribution, especially after they have removed functionality that was (and still is) important to the way I work. Summary:- the fault is still there, functionality has been removed for whatever reason, and I have to hack the system with my own compiled modules to get it to do what it did before in previous releases. If you have another work-around that meets the above specification, please feel free to contact me. (uname -a ==> Linux pio 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 31 23:33:13 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux) -- wireless network not working now https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99432 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
