[support-gang] wifi problem with the XO

[Kevin Mauricio Benavides Castro]

I made ​​the command

sudo iwlist eth0 scan

and the message is sent to me

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning: Network is down

2011/3/28 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:37:03AM -0600, Kevin Mauricio Benavides Castro
> wrote:
> > a few  days I've  been  noted that in  some  XO,  do not detect
> > wireless networks  at school
>
> There are many possible causes.
>
> > but  I  made        some  supporting evidence;  on  myXO
> > but  apparently  when  I run:
> >
> > service NetworkManager start
> >
> > Setting network parameters...                              [  OK  ]
> > Starting NetworkManager daemon:                       [FAILED]
> > ** (NetworkManager:3108): WARNING ** NetworkManager is already running
> (pid
> > 2875)
>
> This evidence is not very useful; it only proves that NetworkManager was
> running already, and therefore that a failure of NetworkManager was not
> the cause of failure to detect wireless networks at school.
>
> I suggest you do this test on each affected XO:
>
>        sudo iwlist eth0 scan
>
> ... and see if the wireless networks at school are shown.  If they are
> not, then either they are not present, the wireless card may be faulty,
> or the antenna cable may be faulty.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>



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