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senjin

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Registered: 2006-09-15

Posts: 181

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netcfg doesn't work although it claims it does

I have updated my system yesterday (after few months) and I encountered problems with network.

When I try to connect via netcfg

netcfg myprofile

I get message that connecting is "DONE". I get no other messages, errors etc. However the network doesn't work. I can't ping any domain, nor ip address.

This is my profile file, which worked for me up to now:

#
# Network Profile
#
CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Profile generated by arch assistant instant connection wizard"
# Network Settings
INTERFACE=wlan0
HOSTNAME="arch-laptop"
# Interface Settings
IP="dhcp"
IFOPTS="dhcp"
# Wireless Settings
SECURITY="none"
ESSID="MYESSID"
KEY=""
SCAN="no"

If I try to connect manually:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo iwconfig wlan0essid "MYESSID"
sudo dhcpcd wlan0

everything works fine.

Is there anything wrong with my profile file? What can I do?

I use iwl3945 driver.

ndowens

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Registered: 2007-08-15

Posts: 39

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Re: netcfg doesn't work although it claims it does

could use wicd, that's what i use, it has a daemon u can set up to connect automaticly

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senjin

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Registered: 2006-09-15

Posts: 181

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Re: netcfg doesn't work although it claims it does

Yes, I switched to wicd and it works excellent... Strange, that about year ago I switched from wicd to netcfg/archassistant, now I can't remember why...