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

[James Kaufman]

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James Takac 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
> 

On the system that isn't working, your eth0 and wlan0 networks are the
same. When you want traffic to go out the wireless network, do you
disconnect the wired one first?
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