Netbook wifi, wlan0 and inet6 address (F10)

[Jim]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 January 2009 15:09:01 Steven I Usdansky wrote:
>   
>> I'm running wpa_supplicant, but right now I'm on an unprotected network.
>> network is not running:
>>
>> ~# service network status
>> Configured devices:
>> lo eth0 pan0 wlan0
>> Currently active devices:
>> lo eth0 wmaster0 wlan0
>>
>>     
> OK - that looks as though mine is ok, then.
>
>   
>> ~# chkconfig --list network
>> network        	0:off	1:off	2:off	3:off	4:off	5:off	6:off
>> ~# chkconfig --list NetworkManager
>> NetworkManager 	0:off	1:off	2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off
>>
>>     
> As does that.
>
>   
>> Looks like you're using the madwifi driver. I haven't used it on my AA1 in
>> Fedora as the ath5k driver in the newer kernels have been working for me.
>> Nothing atheros-related is blacklisted in /etc/modprobe.d;
>> /etc.modprobe.conf is empty.
>>
>>     
> I've removed ndiswrapper and madwifi, leaving only the kernel driver.  The 
> blacklists for ath5k and ath5k-pci have disappeared.  I've restarted 
> NetworkManager, but still no joy.
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>   
>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts# cat ifcfg-wlan0
>> # Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
>> DEVICE=wlan0
>> HWADDR=00:22:69:92:f3:a3
>>
>>     
> Those lines match, too.
>
>   
>> /etc/sysconfig# cat network
>> NETWORKING=yes
>> HOSTNAME=Labradorite
>>
>>     
> I have those plus
>
> NETWORKING_IPV6=no
> GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
>
>
>   
>> Nothing particularly interesting that I can see in sysconfig, but I've
>> included it just in case.
>>     
>
> Anne
>   
I have not seen your original post, about what your having problems with.
But !! Fedora 10 had problems on original install with DNS, but the 
problem was resolved on updates, did you get the latest updates ?