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test1000

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Registered: 2005-04-03

Posts: 834

problems with connecting to internet

maybe i won't have internet for long so i have to make this quick:

1. I use bcm43xx kernel module to connect to internet and this has been going OK(sometimes iv'e had to disconnect and reconnect to still get internet however) nut completely died this morning.
2. the internet is coming into a black box(get.no cable internet box) and is passed from there over to my wifi-router.

This has been working but due to today and the fact that i need internet all the time(because of work) i bought a new router(which is supposed to be "the best" and cost accordingly...) and replaced the old one because i suspected it to have died.

        After some fiddling around i get this one to work.

Now some hours later, i don't get internet stable anymore. The connection drops each time this msg is printed to /var/log/messages.log(inotail -f FTW!):

Sep 26 23:25:34 garbagepailkid SoftMAC: Authentication timed out with 00:1b:11:68:db:b1

(what is this softmac??)

I use wifi-radar to connect -- and would _really_ appreciate a little guide on how to connect to the internet through cmd-line(and an explanation of what the cmd's do would be even more appreciated) as it would enable me to be more in control with a larger ability to troubleshoot this -- but maybe the problem lays elsewhere.

This is what happens in messages.log when i try to connect through wifi-radar and fail:
Sep 26 23:31:26 garbagepailkid ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Sep 26 23:37:07 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30155]: eth0: dhcpcd 3.1.4 starting
Sep 26 23:37:07 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30155]: eth0: hardware address = 00:30:bd:f9:39:87
Sep 26 23:37:07 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30155]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease
Sep 26 23:37:37 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30155]: eth0: trying to use old lease in `/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-eth0.info'
Sep 26 23:37:37 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30155]: eth0: checking 169.254.200.102 is available on attached networks
Sep 26 23:37:38 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30155]: eth0: adding IP address 169.254.200.102/16
Sep 26 23:37:43 garbagepailkid dhcpcd[30156]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease

when i succed(this happens after an arbitrary amount of connects&disconnects through wifi-radar but now it doesn't work at all it seems...) i get an 192.168.0.x ip... and it also says ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE) <-- What is this?? How do i modify this one?

any help appreciated...

ps: just noticed. it seems to go up if i disconnect fast(still from within wifi-radar) and click connects again immediatley

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test1000

Member

Registered: 2005-04-03

Posts: 834

Re: problems with connecting to internet

hmm... i now connect with my little trick above. disconnect & then connect fast again so i don't know if thats the reason i haven't had trouble anymore but i rather suspect it is because of the bug with bcm43xx that were fixed with the 2.6.22.9 kernel which upon installation iv'e had no problems, since i don't suddenly lose connection like i did before

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KISS = "It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience." - Albert Einstein