On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 23:11 -0500, Charles Malespin wrote: > Hi all, > I am using ndiswrapper for a wireless card and I am having some > weird problems with it. Every once in a while the connection just > stops and it gives no sign or reason why. when I try to reconnect > through various methods I get this error "Determining IP information > for wlan0..... No connection found, check cable?" so I tried > 'dhclient wlan0' and this is the result that I get(well part of it) > > Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:90:4b:cd:e5:d6 > Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:90:4b:cd:e5:d6 > Can't bind to dhcp address: Address already in use > Please make sure there is no other dhcp server > running and that there's no entry for dhcp or > bootp in /etc/inetd.conf. Also make sure you > are not running HP JetAdmin software, which > includes a bootp server. > > What does this mean? I am a noob so I am just confused as to what > DHCP is, if I need it, etc. I have no idea how to reconnect the wlan0 > after it just stops without rebooting the computer. I have tried > several methods and none work. I am running FC3, newest kernel, > ndiswrapper 1.1(anymore info can be provided). Thanks, > Charles ---- I have never used ndiswrapper so this advice may not be fruitful but it would seem to me that commands such as... ifdown wlan0 ifup wlan0 might be useful also - similar but different... /sbin/service network restart would likely obviate the need to reboot. Anyway, assuming that the signal strength is good enough to maintain the connection, having it drop off the network is a drag and not indicative of reliability. Craig
