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bmentink

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 442

Wifi kaput after latest full upgrade [SOLVED]

Hi Guys,

I am starting a new thread on another Wifi issue as my issue is slightly different to the other threads,

If I try to connect with Wicd, It "looks" like it has connected ok, I get indications of full signal strength and ifconfig shows wlan0 with an IP.
however even though it has got an IP via dhcp, I cannot even ping the AP?? yet alone the external network. The route/gateway looks ok
with "route -n"

If I try with Network Manager, it doesn't even get an IP.

Has anyone had any sucess getting wireless up and running with a recent upgrade?

PS: I am using WPA/WPA2 encryption.

Thanks,
B

Last edited by bmentink (2010-04-13 07:31:52)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Wifi kaput after latest full upgrade [SOLVED]

You have not specified the wifi chipset and driver that you are using.

bmentink

Member

From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 442

Re: Wifi kaput after latest full upgrade [SOLVED]

True, and the mystery is solved.

My Wifi driver is using the RT2860 chipset, it seems other modules were being loaded instead. I blacklisted them
(rt2800pci, rt2800lib, rt2x00pci, rt2x00usb) and all is good ..

Cheers,
Marking as solved.