Wireless hardware unavailable after shutdown/killing network settings window
I have Haiku installed for a half an hour, and I manage to break it. I'm running it on my Asus eee 1000ha (for anybody else who has fixed this), with the Atheros AR5001 wireless chipset. I managed to connect to the internet before, on the USB drive, and on my HD install (setwep *hardware* *essid* *passkey*), and select the hardware, and then ping Google from the command line with no problems.
I tried to set my internet connection type to DHCP with the same hardware using the Network settings tool in the menu (like every other OS/device that supports it on my network), and the program froze up, so I shut down, ultimately killing the program (I can't find the name of the program, so I can't type kill *program*).
It does connect, and only screwed up after killing the network device setup menu (my ethernet port still shows up). So... Short of reinstalling, what do I do?
NOTE: I can still connect via my ethernet port. I'm editing from it right now.
EDIT Problem sorted itself out after connecting via ethernet port. The only issue I have now is my wireless not connecting, but I'll read the docs and get around to fixing that.
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Re: Wireless hardware unavailable after shutdown/killing ...
Hi, how did you manage to connect to wireless network? I have Acer 751 with the same Atheros AR5001 on board, but i did not see any network devices in network app.
Re: Wireless hardware unavailable after shutdown/killing ...
I apologize if I can't help too much, everything sort of fell into place. Check if your network devices are there with ls /dev/net . Make sure you can actually connect to the internet via ethernet port, first. Check for /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 in your Network app on the dropdown menu, or use a terminal and ls /dev/net, on Mode, select Static, and then click on Apply. Assuming you're using WEP encryption, in the terminal, type setwep ESSID 0xWepKey .