No eth1 wireless

[Guillermo Garron]

On 5/13/07, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I seem to have corrupted system-config-network while playing with
> firestarter. I've since gone back to the default Fedora firewall
> (system-config-securitylevel). I see two devices in the Devices tab:
> eth0 (Type: Ethernet), which is active, and eth1 (Type: Wireless),
> which is inactive. When I try to activate eth1, I get this
> inappropriate error:
> Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present.  Check cable?
>
> Why does it think that there should be a cable? Before rebooting I was
> getting this error:
> When I try to activate eth1 (wireless):
> Determining IP information for eth1...dhclient(4733) is already
> running - exiting.
> exiting.
>  failed.
>
> How can I start eth1? Note that SELinux is set to Permissive.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dotan Cohen
Hi Dotan,

It looks weird, but maybe you could try removing the eth1 device from
system-config-network, reboot your pc, so it is recognized again, and
see if it gets configured properly.

I have done that before on Fedora in my T30 IBM.

hope this helps you.


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Guillermo Garron
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