[conspire] problems connecting to internet
freepalestin @dslextreme.com
freepalestin at dslextreme.com
Sun Nov 9 21:01:27 PST 2008
On 11/8/08, Mark Weisler <mark at weisler-saratoga-ca.us> wrote:
> On Friday 07 November 2008 20:45:07 freepalestin @dslextreme.com wrote:
>> I'm here in Gaza Strip in Palestine. Recently I have not been able to
>> connect to the internet and do not understand why. I think my settings are
>> okay. Here is the outpue of: iwlist wlan0 scan, ifconfig, and lspci. I had
>> been successfully connecting to the internet with both wireless and
>> ethernet until a week or so ago. So I don't know what happened. I also
>> have
>> the password for a secure wireless connection and cannot connect to that
>> either.
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Darlene Wallach
>>
>> # iwlist wlan0 scan
>> wlan0 Scan completed :
>> Cell 01 - Address: 00:0D:88:BD:48:A4
>> ESSID:"marna3"
>> Mode:Master
>> Channel:6
>> Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>> Quality=42/100 Signal level=-75 dBm Noise level=-102
>> dBm
>> Encryption key:off
>> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
>> Extra:tsf=000000244a24a993
>> Cell 02 - Address: 00:17:9A:82:43:AC
>> ESSID:"marna1"
>> Mode:Master
>> Channel:6
>> Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>> Quality=12/100 Signal level=-94 dBm Noise level=-102
>> dBm
>> Encryption key:off
>> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>> 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
>> 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>> Extra:tsf=000000001b690824
>> Cell 03 - Address: 00:18:6E:06:7A:66
>> ESSID:"marna"
>> Mode:Master
>> Channel:11
>> Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
>> Quality=39/100 Signal level=-78 dBm Noise level=-103
>> dBm
>> Encryption key:off
>> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
>> 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
>> 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>> Extra:tsf=00000014da453e2d
>> Cell 04 - Address: 02:02:58:49:D8:75
>> ESSID:"JAMAL SONS"
>> Mode:Ad-Hoc
>> Channel:1
>> Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
>> Quality=3/100 Signal level=-99 dBm Noise level=-101
>> dBm
>> Encryption key:off
>> Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
>> Extra:tsf=000000057e90aa6e
>>
>>
>> ===========================================================================
>>========
>>
>>
>>
>> # ifconfig
>> 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:16436 Metric:1
>> RX packets:87 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:87 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>> RX bytes:8126 (7.9 KiB) TX bytes:8126 (7.9 KiB)
>>
>> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:4B:DC:0D:EA
>> inet addr:192.168.1.47 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>> inet6 addr: fe80::290:4bff:fedc:dea/64 Scope:Link
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:93 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:241 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> RX bytes:10848 (10.5 KiB) TX bytes:21601 (21.0 KiB)
>>
>> wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
>> 00-90-4B-DC-0D-EA-28-DB-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>
>>
>> ===========================================================================
>>================
>>
>>
>>
>> lspci -v
>>
>>
>>
>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor
>> to I/O Controller (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>> Memory at <unassigned> (32-bit, prefetchable)
>> Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information
>>
>> 00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV
>> Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>>
>> 00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV
>> Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>>
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM
>> Integrated
>> Graphics Device (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9500
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
>> Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>> Memory at ffe80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
>> I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
>> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
>>
>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
>> Graphics Device (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9500
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>> Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>> Memory at ffe00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
>> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
>>
>> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
>> I/O ports at e480 [size=32]
>>
>> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
>> I/O ports at e800 [size=32]
>>
>> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
>> I/O ports at e880 [size=32]
>>
>> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2
>> EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
>> Memory at ffdffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>> Capabilities: [58] Debug port
>>
>> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
>> (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>> Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=05, sec-latency=64
>> I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
>> Memory behind bridge: ffb00000-ffbfffff
>> Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 20000000-23ffffff
>>
>> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface
>> Bridge (rev 03)
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>>
>> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
>> (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
>> I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
>> I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
>> I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
>> I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
>> I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
>> Memory at 24000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
>>
>> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
>> SMBus
>> Controller (rev 03)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9020
>> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
>> I/O ports at d480 [size=32]
>>
>> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 8402
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
>> I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
>> I/O ports at dc00 [size=64]
>> Memory at ffdff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
>> Memory at ffdff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>
>> 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
>> AC'97
>> Modem Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 4007
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
>> I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
>> I/O ports at e400 [size=128]
>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>
>> 01:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus
>> Controller (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 3200
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 3
>> Memory at ffb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>> Bus: primary=01, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
>> Memory window 0: 20000000-23fff000 (prefetchable)
>> Memory window 1: 28000000-2bfff000
>> I/O window 0: 0000c000-0000c0ff
>> I/O window 1: 0000c400-0000c4ff
>> 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
>>
>> 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg
>> NIC (rev 01)
>> Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Unknown device 7005
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 5
>> Memory at ffbf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>>
>> 01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
>> IEEE-1394a-2000
>> Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 7000
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
>> Memory at ffbef800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
>> Memory at ffbe8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>>
>> 01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>> Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Unknown device 9700
>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
>> I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
>> Memory at ffbef400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> I have just a few quick thoughts...
> * are other computers able to connect when/where you cannot?
> * it looks like the WiFi card has signal
> * if you have a liveCD like Knoppix you can try that to learn whether
> this might be isolated to a configuration issue.
> Good luck with it.
>
> --
> Mark Weisler PGP: 0x68E462B6 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/
>
Mark,
Thank you for replying. A strange thing, I'm not seeing my email or
yours on the conspire list.
To answer your question - other computers successfully connect to
wireless connections when I cannot. I do not have a Knoppix live CD. I
do have a Fedora 9 live CD.
Darlene Wallach
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