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ve1drg

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Registered: 2020-04-29

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Internet/network connections..

I have a simple problem.  I have both eth0 and wlan0 set up on my Devuan-ascii system.

Yesterday I unplugged the eth0 connection and eventually the wlan0 port was activated.  I now had wifi connection.

This morning when I turned on the computer with no eth0 cable attached,  the system never found the wifi arrangement.
I now had no internet/wifi connections.

I tried bringing it up by typing  -  ifdown wlan0 and then ifup wlan0.  And got nothing. 
But as soon as I plugged in the ethernet cable it found that and away things went.

What is the way to tell the wifi side to get the wlan0 port going.  Is using ifup wlan0 good enough.
Or is there another process that will work better.  Maybe a better command etc..

Thanks for any input..

larsH

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Registered: 2020-05-05

Posts: 184  

Re: Internet/network connections..

Hi

Are you using wicd ?? If so edit /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf so all your devices are listed there  and then reboot. Otherwise you may need to set things up via wpa_supplicant.

Have a nice day
Lars H

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2019-03-24

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Re: Internet/network connections..

Are you using wicd ?

The OP appears to be using ifupdown.

@OP: please post the full content of /etc/network/interfaces (and the content of any files under /etc/network/interfaces.d/, if applicable).

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ve1drg

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Registered: 2020-04-29

Posts: 38  

Re: Internet/network connections..

Hi

Are you using wicd ?? If so edit /etc/wicd/manager-settings.conf so all your devices are listed there  and then reboot. Otherwise you may need to set things up via wpa_supplicant.

Have a nice day
Lars H

This is my manager-settings.conf file from wicd..

[Settings]
backend = external
wireless_interface = wlan0
wired_interface = eth0
wpa_driver = wext
always_show_wired_interface = False
use_global_dns = False
global_dns_1 = None
global_dns_2 = None
global_dns_3 = None
global_dns_dom = None
global_search_dom = None
auto_reconnect = True
debug_mode = 0
wired_connect_mode = 0
wireless_connect_mode = 1
signal_display_type = 0
should_verify_ap = 1
dhcp_client = 0

wdq

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2018-03-15

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Re: Internet/network connections..

Try ifconfig -a and check maybe the name is not wlan0
And you need to change it .

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