Re: Wireless problems

From: Greg Akins (insomnia_at_cvzoom.net)
Date: 11/14/03


Date: 14 Nov 2003 05:33:04 -0800


"Martin" <Martin.Sarosi@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.11.06.23.22.06.680232@blueyonder.co.uk>...
>
> Pull up a terminal and use ifconfig to see what network interfaces you
> have. You should see your wireless card once you think you have been
> connected. Check the broadcast address etc. too.
>
> Do the same when connected via wire - differences?
>
> If you cards were configured using Mandrake you could look in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth0 check them out!
>
> bringing up an interface is as easy as typing ifup-eth0 as root
>
> next try route - that will give your gateway.
>
> use the results you get from those to post again!
>
> Martin

Sorry it took so long to follow up on this. Thanks for the advice
Martin. I finally realized that Shorewall is only configured for one
interface... When I added the second everything started working.

That's the second time I've had difficulty with "network" issues
because I didn't realize the firewall was there. You'd think I'd
learn.

-greg



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