Help with Cisco 340

[wirebook]

My Cisco Aironet 340 card stopped working recently. It means a lot to me to have it work, and even if the card doesn't work I'd like to know that so that I know I need to find a new one. I tried changing SSID on both netBook and the wireless router, and changing channels. I would greatly appreciate any help at all.

Thanks!


-Chris

[diem]

what does netstatRf have to say? do the lights on the card flash? can you ping any other kit on your LAN using FlFinger?

[wirebook]

I couldn't ever get the netstat Rf to work, and I can only partially ping my router. Only the activity light comes on, and it's a solid orange color, but the green status light never comes on. It worked for over two weeks after I got it, so it's a surprise to me that it doesn't work. Kind of weird, but I almost think it might have gotten static discharge and broken. Hopefully not, though. I'll try reseting the router later today.


Thanks for the reply!
-wirebook

[wirebook]

No, first when I ping something on the network, it shows the little 1[ which usually means that if it works, then it will show if it was successful. Then it asks which connection type to use. I select Cisco Aironet (my own copy of the Lucent-802.11 except with the drivers changed to the Cisco 340). Then it says "unable to write to host". I am very confused. Glad someone has popped up in my thread. Perhaps I'll only be out of my netBook usage for a temporary amount of time. On the other hand, I may have to go get another card, which will take more time and money.


Thanks,
-wirebook

[diem]

Okay, this behaviour in FlFinger is a total failure to ping. The 1[ is just it saying that its starting an attempt, but the 'Unable to write to host' is a complete failure to 'open a channel' as they say on Star Trek.

I've remembered that netstatRF is for Lucent chipset only, so indeed this will not be tool you can use to diagnose probs with that card.

So, its either the card is duff, the TCP/IP configuration is wrong, or the router is blocking the MAC address of the Cisco card. I would suggest first of all rebooting the router, ensure you are using channel 1 and the same SSID, then confirm that it is not filtering connections based on MAC address and try manual TCP/IP settings (see my FAQ for instructions).

[wirebook]

I've tried robooting the router, selecting channel 1, and manually setting TCP IP configs. None of them gave any response. Looks like the card might have died. If so, there are signs of it, like the card suddenly shut off and the netbook's screen blinked (probably because of the extra power available since the card wasn't working). This happenned while the AC power supply was plugged in, so do you think it shorted out?


-wirebook

[wirebook]

I tried re-installing the OS.IMG file, with no luck. I got to try the card on a laptop, and it says that it has low reception, but is still operational. Now I am completely confused. Help, anyone, I'm spiraling...


-wirebook