Re: N wifi broke after kernel update
On 03/31/2010 09:39 PM, Mail Lists wrote:
On 03/31/2010 09:27 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
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> Gene,
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> Out of curiosity, did you check ipv6 settings? You might have only ipv4 network, and
ipv6 settings are enabled by default?
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> I had such a case and I was cursing the new kernels, I wanted to write bug reports
and do a bunch of things, I went to the Administrator of the network and blamed it on him,
because wired connections would work and this one would not , I checked the settings again
and again, several times over, saw the ipv6 check and removed it and solved the problem by
myself :) I hope a solution like this is possible for you, if not, I still tried and
shared my story.
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> Regards,
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> Antonio
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I thought about that too but IPV6 is set to 'ignore' in nm-applet -
unless there is somewhere else that needs it ?
I do see AAAA dns requests but only after A request fails - which of
course happens when network is down. I dont know who is doing IP6
requests tho' ..