Wireless does not see Internet [was: PSK recovery?]

[James Takac]

Hi Fred

On Friday 11 September 2009 00:28:32 Fred Roller wrote:
> On Thursday 10 September 2009 13:16:08 Fred Roller wrote:
> > > James Takac wrote:
> >> > > Hi guys
> >> > >
> >> > > in an attempt to get the wireless going again on one of my laptops I
> >> > > deleted the wireless connection on it and re did it. However I find
> >> > > that I've misplaced my pre shared key for the network and will prob
> >> > > find it eventually and so was wondering if there are any steps for
> >> > > recovering the psk from one of my other systems as this might be
> >> > > quicker. Either that or should I just redo the psk for all systems
> >> > > (6 all up)
> >> > >
> >> > > James
> > >
> > > If the key hasn't been changed in a while might be worth it just for
> > > the security.
> >
> > something wrong."
> >
> >
> > As it happens I just found my psk but I still can't get that laptop to go
> > online via wireless although it's connected
> >
> > James
>
> Can you send the results of:
>
> 	ifconfig
> and
> 	route
>
> plus let us know what level we can speak to at.  beginner, intermediate,
> advanced?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Fred
> www.fwrgallery.com
>
> "Life is like linux, simple.  If you are fighting it you are doing
> something wrong."



Sure

ifconfig gives

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:fc:3a:ac:50  
          inet addr:10.1.1.4  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST 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)

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:2820 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2820 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:146108 (142.6 KB)  TX bytes:146108 (142.6 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:e8:07:ec:03  
          inet addr:10.1.1.3  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:e8ff:fe07:ec03/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:476 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:44681 (43.6 KB)  TX bytes:18516 (18.0 KB)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 
00-13-E8-07-EC-03-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          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)



and route gives

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
10.0.0.0        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 eth0
10.0.0.0        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 wlan0
default         10.1.1.1        0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0
default         10.1.1.1        0.0.0.0         UG    100    0        0 eth0

dunno if it will help but route from this system (working) gives

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth0
10.0.0.0        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 ath0
default         mygateway1.ar7  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ath0
default         *               0.0.0.0         U     1000   0        0 eth0

James