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lenihandillon
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 Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:12 am Post subject: Gentoo thinks my wifi card is ethernet |
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I installed wpa_supplicant and it didn't work, so i went to check ifconfig, and my response was:
| Code: | # ifconfig
enp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.96 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::c063:1ac6:e031:1d30 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
inet6 2600:1702:2700:73d0:d68e:2f7a:8b87:e45c prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global>
ether dc:4a:3e:12:be:e3 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 73149 bytes 62673250 (59.7 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 23570 bytes 1578203 (1.5 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 80 bytes 6048 (5.9 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 80 bytes 6048 (5.9 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlo1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 18:4f:32:8f:44:07 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
please help! |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Gentoo thinks my wifi card is ethernet |
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| lenihandillon wrote: | | Code: | wlo1: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 18:4f:32:8f:44:07 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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lenihandillon ... you're mistaken, that is wireless.
best ... khay |
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lenihandillon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:53 am Post subject: |
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it says here that it is ethernet
| Code: | | ether 18:4f:32:8f:44:07 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| lenihandillon wrote: | it says here that it is ethernet
| Code: | | ether 18:4f:32:8f:44:07 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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lenihandillon ... because the 'link' is 'ethernet', both wireless and wired use the same ieee802. You can think of your wireless card as a wireless ethernet device.
best ... khay |
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| You're using a tool that hasn't been maintained in 10 years. It's not going to be correct in its guesses 100% of the time. Use iproute2 instead. |
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krinn
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Ant P. wrote: | | You're using a tool that hasn't been maintained in 10 years. It's not going to be correct in its guesses 100% of the time. Use iproute2 instead. |
It's not revelant Ant P. The tool is correct there.
User think ethernet define a wired card, it's a misconception (that user can even see by himself, his router must have ethernet wrote on its package, and this doesn't really shock him). |
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lenihandillon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| so, what would i do to make my wifi work? |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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lenihandillon,
Run then post your dmesg.
At this point, it might even work.
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