Netgear wpn511 does not activate properly

[Steve]

Netgear WPN 511 is recognized on startup but will not connect to the network without being cycled. It will not connect to default network when others are present. It insists on trying to connect to the strongest signal. I had to remove NetworkManager Gnome applet to be able to connect to my network.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 3 11:36:24 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Uname: Linux portable-box 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Do you have interface configured in '/etc/network/interfaces'? Thanks in advance.

[Steve (samckain)]

On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 23:01 +0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. Do you have interface configured in '/etc/network/interfaces'?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
Brian, I pasted my interface file here for your review. As a side note,
everything was ok in 6.06 and 6.10. I'm not sure why I have eth0 and
eth1

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

auto eth0

iface ath0 inet static
address 192.168.0.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
wireless-essid myhouse
wireless-key I removed it from this msg

auto ath0

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I am under the impression that you have removed Network Manager and this has resolved you issue, is that correct? Network Manager will conflict with an interface that is configured in '/etc/network/interfaces' and your ath0 interface seems to be configured there. If you connect to multiple wireless access points I would recommend using Network Manager as it is easier to switch networks and setup new ones.

[Steve (samckain)]

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:33 +0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> I am under the impression that you have removed Network Manager and this
> has resolved you issue, is that correct? Network Manager will conflict
> with an interface that is configured in '/etc/network/interfaces' and
> your ath0 interface seems to be configured there. If you connect to
> multiple wireless access points I would recommend using Network Manager
> as it is easier to switch networks and setup new ones.
>

The situation is not resolved. I still have to cycle the card to get it
to connect. In 6.06 and 6.10 there was no need to cycle the card, it
just worked.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Now that the final version of Feisty Fawn is available we were wondering if this issue still exists. Thanks in advance.

[Steve (samckain)]

On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 15:05 +0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. Now that the final version of Feisty Fawn is available we were
> wondering if this issue still exists. Thanks in advance.
>
The card does seem to be activating properly now

Steve

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. Thanks again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.