Wireless does not see Internet [was: PSK recovery?]
Minty Busby
serendipity.g3a at gmail.com
Fri Sep 11 21:57:10 UTC 2009
This is making me very glad to be so old-fashioned that I still use nothing
but ethernet cables to connect to my routers. =D
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:01 PM, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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