Re: problems activating wireless device

[Stefan Zechmeister <stefan zechmeister gmx at>]

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:24:58 -0500, Bill Moss wrote:

> Stefan Zechmeister sent the following syslog output:
> ==========================================
<snip>
> 
> networkmanager thinks it activated the device but i can not even ping the
> gateway! what could be the problem here?
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [root raphael ~]# ping 192.168.1.1
> PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>From 192.168.1.7 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>>From 192.168.1.7 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>>From 192.168.1.7 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
>>From 192.168.1.7 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable
>>From 192.168.1.7 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable
>>From 192.168.1.7 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable
> 
> --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
> 9 packets transmitted, 0 received, +6 errors, 100% packet loss, time 8000ms
> , pipe 4
> 
> ====================================================================
> and also the routes
> 
> route -n
> 
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 ath0
> 192.168.221.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet1
> 0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ath0
> 
> ================================================
> 
> It appears there is a VMWare interface running vmnet1. My suggestion is 
> to take down the vmnet1 interface so that your routing table looks like 
> and restarting NM
> 
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 ath0
> 0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ath0
> 
> If your pings now work, you have a starting point for diagnosis.  I do 
> not believe that NM can deal with the VMWare interface vmnet1.


ok. i did stop the vmware interface but i still experience the same
problem. what else could i try to find the problem?

bye
stefan