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

[James Takac]

Hi

On Saturday 12 September 2009 07:57:10 Minty Busby wrote:
> 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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Know what ya mean. And I forgot to mention somewhere between beginner and 
intermediate re wireless

James