> > >> What WAN Address? I cannot see any address other than one of the > > >> reserved > > >> class C's. I would suggest that either the PC you are pinging from > > >> ("desktop") does not have an address in the same range as the router, or > > >> the default gateway is incorrect on the "desktop". Another possibility > > >> is > > >> a an IP conflict but this is less likely. > > >> Can you possibly post the IP configuration (ifconfig) from the "desktop" > > >> machine so that we can see how the interface is set up. > > > > > > After rebooting the desktop, all I get from ping attempts is: > > > > > > connect: Network is unreachable > > > > > > so I guess it won't connect at all now. I don't think ifconfig would > > > be useful now, but let me know if I'm wrong or if you have any other > > > ideas. > > > > The output of ifconfig would certainly be useful but it sounds to me like > > the configuration of eth0 has been changed somehow. > > Perhaps you could post the output of ifconfig, and the contents of > > /etc/conf.d/net as this should list the configuration of all of the > > network adapters (just in case eth0 is not the interface that you are > > using). > > > > Hopefully this information will allow someone on the list to help you > > diagnose your problem. > > I'm connected directly to the DSL modem/router via eth0 right now. > This is not normal and I'm only connected like this so I can get > online to write this message. I'm usually trying to connect via ath0 > to the Gentoo router which is then connected to the modem/router. > Here is my current ifconfig: > > ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B5:86:C0:E1 > inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b5ff:fe86:c0e1/64 Scope:Link > 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:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:17:76:37:82 > inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::216:17ff:fe76:3782/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:967 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:868 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:743136 (725.7 Kb) TX bytes:243477 (237.7 Kb) > Interrupt:169 Base address:0xd800 > > 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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > 00-0F-B5-86-C0-E1-80-79-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 -00 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:7782 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3492 > TX packets:1561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 > RX bytes:742503 (725.1 Kb) TX bytes:71806 (70.1 Kb) > Interrupt:161 Memory:ffffc20000100000-ffffc20000110000 > > and /etc/conf.d./net : > > modules_ath0=( "wpa_supplicant" ) > wpa_supplicant_ath0=( "-Dmadwifi" ) > config_ath0=( "192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" ) > routes_ath0=( "default via 192.168.0.1" ) > essid_ath0=( "network2" ) > > although I currently have a couple eth0 lines so I can connect to the > modem/router. They aren't usually there. > > I must admit I don't know what the broadcast and netmask are and they > are set the same for the Gentoo router and the laptop that connects to > it. > > Please let me know if you have any idea what the problem might be, or > where I should look for the problem. > > - GrantI switched the identical wireless cards between the router and the non-connecting desktop and the functionality is the same so it must not be a hardware problem. - Grant
SOLVED. The root of the problem was that wpa_supplicant.conf moved from /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. My laptop that was connecting to the network didn't have /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf at all so the program must have used /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf instead. The desktop that wasn't connecting to the network had an example file in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf so it wasn't reverting to the old config location. Nasty. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
