John W. Linville wrote:
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 01:44:28PM -0400, Andrew Robinson wrote:
[root@proteus ~]# lsmod | grep bcm43xx
bcm43xx_mac80211 397601 0 ssb 35141 1 bcm43xx_mac80211 mac80211 145865 2 rc80211_simple,bcm43xx_mac80211
[root@proteus ~]# ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:96:79:86:70 inet addr:192.168.1.25 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::290:96ff:fe79:8670/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:4118 (4.0 KiB) TX bytes:9175 (8.9 KiB)
[root@proteus ~]# ping -c 3 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data. From 192.168.1.25 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.25 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2008ms , pipe 2
[root@proteus ~]# modprobe bcm43xx-mac80211
[root@proteus ~]# ifup eth1
[root@proteus ~]# ping -c 3 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.87 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=3.31 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.95 ms
Did you leave something out? The lsmod showed that you already had bcm43xx-mac80211 loaded ('-' == '_' for lsmod), and you already had eth1 marked up and with an IP address assigned. I can't think of any reason why those commands should make any difference.
Is this repeatable? Did you move the laptop during this process?
It's repeatable. I found I did not need to do the 'modprobe bcm43xx-mac80211', just the 'ifup eth1' to get the network working. It seems like some kind of timing problem, like ifcfg-eth1 is getting run before the bcm43xx-mac80211 module has made eth1 the network interface. If eth1 were a wired network interface, it would be like I forgot to plug in the ethernet cable. Does that make any sense or help describe the problem?
Thanks!
Andrew