Help! Wi Fi dead

[shade]

Hi,


Ok, so my fitmware corrupted. I re-installed using the lastest image with Hot Fix 4 and now it won't pick up my Wi Fi. Any ieas?

 

[Screeny]

The same here ...


If I ping google DNS (IP 8.8.8.8) there isn't a response...

PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data
From 192.168.178.63 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable


From 192.168.178.63 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable


From 192.168.178.63 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable


From 192.168.178.63 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable

ifconfig:

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screeny-openpandora:/home/screeny# ifconfig

wlan0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:94:0F:B2:6C  

      	inet addr:192.168.178.63  Bcast:192.168.178.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

      	inet6 addr: fe80::219:94ff:fe0f:b26c/64 Scope:Link

      	UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

      	RX packets:137 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

      	TX packets:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

      	collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

      	RX bytes:28690 (28.0 KiB)  TX bytes:5029 (4.9 KiB)

iwconfig:

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screeny-openpandora:/home/screeny# iwconfig

lo    	no wireless extensions.


wlan0 	IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7141"  

      	Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:04:0E:D1:68:FD   

      	Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   

      	Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off

      	Encryption key:off

      	Power Management:on

      	Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm  

      	Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

      	Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

 

[EvilDragon]

Hm, is USB Network on maybe?

 

[shade]

How do i change it I have looked everywhere

 

[urjaman]

*stuff*

You could also report output of "route", I think it should list your router as the default gateway for things to work. If route seems to hang, say route -n (wont try to resolve IPs).

 

[shade]

if i'm not mistaken, 'sudo ifconfig usb0 down' at the terminal

That hasn't worked

 

[EvilDragon]

Yes, please paste the output of route and also the contents of the file /etc/resolv.conf (again, as root)

 

[QazzaQY2K]

If you used WEP encryption change it to WPA v1

 

[Screeny]

Yes, please paste the output of route and also the contents of the file /etc/resolv.conf (again, as root)

route -n

screeny-openpandora:/home/screeny# route -n          	

Kernel IP routing table

Destination 	Gateway 		Genmask 		Flags Metric Ref	Use Iface

192.168.178.0   0.0.0.0 		255.255.255.0   U 	2  	0    	0 wlan0

0.0.0.0 		192.168.178.1   0.0.0.0 	       	UG	0  	0    	0 wlan0

/etc/resolv.conf

# Generated by NetworkManager

domain fritz.box

search fritz.box

nameserver 192.168.178.1

 

[Screeny]

in your router config page, look for DNS addresses and insert 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222 for primary and secondary

Doesn't changed anything...

 

[QazzaQY2K]

I also had some wifi connection issues. My other router worked just fine, but the NETGEAR wasn't as happy at all. Then I had to change a lot of settings to get it working.

 

[EvilDragon]

Hm, looks like your Pandora doesn't set the default route...


Screeny, try:

sudo route add default gw 192.168.178.1

If that works for you, we know WHY you can't connect to the net.


Question then is: Why doesn't it set the route?

 

[Screeny]

Hm, looks like your Pandora doesn't set the default route...


Screeny, try:

sudo route add default gw 192.168.178.1

If that works for you, we know WHY you can't connect to the net.


Question then is: Why doesn't it set the route?

Works now


Correction:


Works only for 2-3 seconds

 

[Screeny]

try reflashing your unit, it might save you some time and it's a painless procedure most of the time

I tried this already. Nothing changed..

 

[Yannick]

Disclaimer: all this is based on my netbook, running Xubuntu (same desktop as pandora)


Deleting the profile might help


right click on the networkmanager icon in XFCE


Edit connections


Select the profile named after your router, delete it


If this does not work, you can edit the settings of the profile


click edit just above the profile delete button


goto IPv4 settings


Change DHCP to "manual"


"Add" an adress


insert your current IP, 255.255.255.0 as netmask and your router ip as gateway


add your router ip in the DNS servers field


this should always work, unless the problem is with your router


this is a workaround offcourse, the real question is, why doesn't DHCP do it's job


I assume ED's hack only worked for 4 seconds because DHCP changed it back to faulty settings

 

[Screeny]

Screeny said he reflashed already, so i'm starting to think it's router's config issues

I don't think so, 'cause it worked perfectly under Hotfix 3!


btw: the workaround does not help but the router seems to be OK

 

[shade]

feel stupid now. I hit Toggle Wi Fi and now it works lol

 

[Screeny]

feel stupid now. I hit Toggle Wi Fi and now it works lol

Pandora - The first handheld with self-healing


:lol:

 

[EvilDragon]

Pandora - The first handheld with self-healing


:lol:

Okay... so... shades WiFi works now, yours doesn't right?


Hmm... dhclient doesn't seem to get a proper route, that's why it only works for a few seconds when you manually set it.


Weird thing is: Usually, the device connects to the router, asks for IP and DNS and then sets up everything.


Your Pandora sets everything except the route.... weird. Why only with your unit?

 

[urjaman]

his DHCP is not ok, i think

FTFY, i think... (the DNS address seemed fine (router), but if the route is bad then no packet will get to the internet)