Wireless Dead

[dangbert]

A few weeks ago my wireless just died.  I connected via a cable on the box running PCLinuxOS.2010.1 full updated and kept trucking along.  The Windows box could reach the router with no problem, so I had connectivity and just let it ride.  Then I saw the release of 2010.12 and downloaded it and installed it on the Windows box.  XP can reach the router via wireless, PCLinuxOS cannot, on either the KDE or XFCE versions.

The wireless card on the linux machine was a Trendnet USB "n" connected via ndiswrapper, because the included driver would not work.  I tried an old D-Link DWL-510 and it will not link up either.    I can see the network/router and the ESSID registers, but it will not connect, on either card.

XP is happy as a clam with either.  That tells me the cards are good, the router is good and I have the right password.

Any hints?

Thanks in advance.

Deb

[Rudge]

Similar situation. Wireless sees all the networks but won't connect.

[ThirdOfSix]

If you have not already done so, you might want to try temporarily turning off security in the wifi settings on your router or modem and see if that helps.

Also, this is the type of thing that can happen if your box is trying to get the DNS info from one of your Windows boxes unsuccessfully.

If you know the actually IP address of an online site, you might try typing it into your browser and see if it then connects.

For instance, if I enter 199.231.58.82 into Firefox, it instantly takes me to the PCLOS main page.

If that works for you, it will certainly narrow down the problem.

Good luck.

[muungwana]

Open the terminal , log in as root and do the following

1. Run this command to make sure system log service is running: "service syslog restart"

2. Try to connect to a wireless network

3. Go back to the terminal and then type this command and post its output here:

cat /var/log/syslog | tail -n 50

ps:
Put the output in code tag for easy readability.