ANSWERED - Wifi not working any longer

[PJJ]

I have a new Kubuntu 6.10 installation. From the start wifi worked reliably upon booting the system. Today I lost connectivity in the midlle of a chat conference.
I have not been able to get it going again.

Wifi card is an Atheros chipset; the card is detected; ath0 is shown. My network settings are standard and have not changed.

The same card works on an older Kubuntu installation (6.06).

Before I forget it: I installed the madwifi driver a few days ago. However, I am not using it yet. And wifi worked after the installation of madwifi.

How do I get wifi back, please?

[pramur]

Re: Wifi not working any longer

Hi
I really dont know what kind of problem that u have
But i use atheros and Kubuntu 6.06 dapperdrake instead.
have u installed Knetwork manager?
it is really usefull and GUI based application.
May be you should unsinstall madwifi, i dont know. Or try this
in terminal type
$ man ifconfig
$ man iwconfig

CMIIW

[PJJ]

Re: Wifi not working any longer

Right now I am also using Kubuntu 6.06 with the standard installation for wifi. It works reliably and I have not attempted to install madwifi in 6.06.

I also installed Kubuntu 6.10 RS1. Atheros wifi worked also right after installation. But after booting a few times it ceases to work - madwifi or not. Reinstalled Kubuntu 6.10 - it worked again. After the third reboot it stopped working.

That's when I went back to 6.06.

[PJJ]

ANSWERED - Wifi not working any longer

Just looked at bug info for 6.10.

The wireless problem is a known bug. It appears to affect only the most recent version or build. Earlier builds did not have it. there are several workarounds suggested - all involving command line.
So, wireless can be made to work using command line control instead of the wireless Assistent.