Hi! Have diagnosed for umpteenth time why on earth I might always loose the wifi connection to my access point. I can connect to access point, and ping my gateway 192.168.1.1 for a while, then suddenly no more ping comes back. Have found the following message log sequence below which also co-incides with a prompt name change in root terminal session (attached file extract below). some questions - why does linux-b9ze kernel change to mshome kernel ? SIGHUP means what? why does avahi-daemon withdraw something? Help muchly appreciated! Thanks, Peter start of successful use of wifi: optimistically plugging in the pcmcia card to connect: ;-) May 5 21:04:57 linux-b9ze kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0 May 5 21:04:57 linux-b9ze kernel: ndiswrapper: driver lsbcmnds (The Linksys Group, Inc.,02/14/2005, 3.90.36.0) loaded May 5 21:04:57 linux-b9ze kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) May 5 21:04:57 linux-b9ze kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 May 5 21:04:57 linux-b9ze kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 May 5 21:04:57 linux-b9ze kernel: ndiswrapper: using IRQ 11 May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: wlan0: ethernet device 00:18:f8:66:f6:10 using NDIS driver: lsbcmnds, version: 0x3644000, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 14E4:4318.5.conf May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: wlan0 renamed to eth1 May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: ndiswrapper: changing interface name from 'wlan0' to 'eth1' May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to eth1 May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze ifup: eth1 device: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: . May 5 21:04:58 linux-b9ze kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17 May 5 21:04:59 linux-b9ze kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready May 5 21:04:59 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: . May 5 21:04:59 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: . May 5 21:05:00 linux-b9ze avahi-daemon[3210]: Registering new address record for fe80::218:f8ff:fe66:f610 on eth1.*. May 5 21:05:01 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: . May 5 21:05:01 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: . May 5 21:05:02 linux-b9ze avahi-daemon[3210]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5. comment sofar sounds(reads) all just fine as expected ;-) May 5 21:05:02 linux-b9ze avahi-daemon[3210]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS. May 5 21:05:02 linux-b9ze avahi-daemon[3210]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.5 on eth1.IPv4. May 5 21:05:03 linux-b9ze modify_resolvconf: Service dhcpcd modified /etc/resolv.conf. See info block in this file May 5 21:05:03 linux-b9ze ifup: eth1 device: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) May 5 21:05:03 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: IP/Netmask: 192.168.1.5 May 5 21:05:03 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: / 255.255.255.0 May 5 21:05:03 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: ('mshome') May 5 21:05:03 linux-b9ze ifup-dhcp: May 5 21:05:04 linux-b9ze SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... May 5 21:05:04 linux-b9ze SuSEfirewall2: using default zone 'ext' for interface eth1 May 5 21:05:04 linux-b9ze SuSEfirewall2: batch committing... May 5 21:05:04 linux-b9ze SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set comment: I presume up to here all is working fine - addresses seem what they should be, then what is the sighup event???? - is this maybe the reason for ubsequent loss of the wifi link to access point? why the change from 'linux-b9ze' to 'mshome' ? May 5 21:05:04 linux-b9ze syslog-ng[2068]: SIGHUP received, restarting syslog-ng May 5 21:05:05 mshome syslog-ng[2068]: new configuration initialized May 5 21:05:05 mshome kernel: klogd 1.4.1, ---------- state change ---------- May 5 21:05:09 mshome kernel: eth1: no IPv6 routers present May 5 21:07:23 mshome sudo: root : TTY=pts/4 ; PWD=/root ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/opt/kde3/bin/kate May 5 21:08:39 mshome su: (to root) peter on /dev/pts/1 May 5 21:12:57 mshome ifplugd(eth0)[2933]: Exiting. May 5 21:12:57 mshome ifdown: eth0 device: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) May 5 21:12:58 mshome ifdown: eth1 device: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) May 5 21:12:58 mshome dhcpcd[3879]: terminating on signal 15 May 5 21:12:58 mshome avahi-daemon[3210]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.5 on eth1. comment and question: why this withdrawal? May 5 21:12:58 mshome avahi-daemon[3210]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.5. May 5 21:12:58 mshome avahi-daemon[3210]: Interface eth1.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS. May 5 21:12:58 mshome avahi-daemon[3210]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::218:f8ff:fe66:f610 on eth1. May 5 21:12:58 mshome modify_resolvconf: restored /etc/resolv.conf.saved.by.dhcpcd.eth1 to /etc/resolv.conf May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifup: lo May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifup: lo May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifup: IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifup: May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifplugd(eth0)[4809]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing. May 5 21:13:00 mshome kernel: eth0: setting half-duplex. May 5 21:13:00 mshome kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifplugd(eth0)[4809]: Using interface eth0/00:08:74:23:22:71 with driver <3c59x> (version: ) May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifplugd(eth0)[4809]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL May 5 21:13:00 mshome ifplugd(eth0)[4809]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected. May 5 21:13:01 mshome ifup: eth0 device: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) May 5 21:13:01 mshome ifup: eth0 is controlled by ifplugd May 5 21:13:01 mshome ifup: eth1 device: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) May 5 21:13:01 mshome kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready May 5 21:13:01 mshome ifup-dhcp: eth1 (DHCP) May 5 21:13:01 mshome ifup-dhcp: . May 5 21:13:06 mshome syslog-ng[2068]: last message repeated 4 times May 5 21:13:06 mshome ifup-dhcp: no IP address yet... backgrounding. May 5 21:13:07 mshome SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... May 5 21:13:07 mshome SuSEfirewall2: using default zone 'ext' for interface eth1 May 5 21:13:07 mshome SuSEfirewall2: batch committing... May 5 21:13:07 mshome SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org