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

[Minty Busby]

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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