[TriLUG] Wireless woes after upgrade FC3->FC5

[Steve Litt]

On Sunday 07 January 2007 12:44, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> Feh.  Although the migration went pretty well, I didn't
> try going wireless since the upgrade until last night --
> when I discovered that
>
> a) cardctl has been replaced with pccardctl,
> b) pccardctl doesn't have a 'scheme' mechanism, and
> c) the auto-detection-and-ifup on insertion of the Cardbus
>    card no longer invokes ifrename, at least not in the
>    same place.
>
> So my ifcfg-eth2 script failed because it referenced a
> no longer existent command, then the new command doesn't
> support the same features, and finally because the interface
> got named 'eth1' instead of 'eth2' as /etc/iftab should have
> made it be.
>
> I'll work around the scheme thing no problem, but the interface
> and card-insertion process is such a maze of twisty little
> passages that I'm not sure where ifrename is, or should be,
> called, or what stuff I need to do to get it triggered if it
> *is* called.
>
> I could probably use the HWADDR envariable in ifcfg-eth2 to make
> it match -- except 'eth2' is my name for the wireless interface
> regardless of which wifi card (of three) is inserted.
>
> Google isn't being much help yet.  Anyone else encountered
> this, while I keep looking?
>
> Thanks!
> --
> #ken	P-)}
>
> Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini  http://Ken.Coar.Org/
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>
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Hi Ken,

I've not used RH/Fedora since RedHat 8, nor do I understand your travel 
needs,nor have I had a situation where all Wifi cards identify themselves as 
eth2 (or any other name like that), but perhaps you could find something of 
use here:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200612/200612.htm

The preceding doc concentrates on wireless-tools rather than distro specific 
tools, and lets the drivers name the interface (ath0, rausb0, bcm0, etc). In 
Mandrake I've had some real problems with distro specific tools and reverted 
to the tools provided by the wireless-tools package (iwconfig, iwlist, etc).

Perhaps you can find something in this document enabling you to write a simple 
script to rename your interface, or use the interface name delivered by the 
driver, or some other solution that will survive distro upgrades and maybe 
even distro changes.

If you find a way to do what you want, please let us know, as I'm constantly 
getting my booty kicked by Wifi, and I doubt I'm alone.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/