I am a newbie to Linux and trying to learn.

I have a Axentra Net-Box H70 and yesterday my WiFi card stop working.

Is there a way I can see if the card is bad or something wrong with Linux? Here is what I am getting on the reports:

Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: listening on IPv4 interface br0, 192.168.0.1#53
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone 'localhost' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone '0.0.127.in-addr.arpa' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone '168.192.in-addr.arpa' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone 'karltwiford.net' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1997022700
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone 168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 2003053056
Mar 10 20:53:11 named: named startup succeeded
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone karltwiford.net/IN: loaded serial 2003053056
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: running
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone 168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: sending notifies (serial 2003053056)
Mar 10 20:53:11 named[20166]: zone karltwiford.net/IN: sending notifies (serial 2003053056)
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: dhcpd shutdown succeeded
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server V3.0pl2
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Copyright 1995-2003 Internet Software Consortium.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: All rights reserved.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Wrote 2 leases to leases file.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server V3.0pl2
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Copyright 1995-2003 Internet Software Consortium.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: All rights reserved.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Wrote 2 leases to leases file.
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Listening on LPF/br0/00:0e:2e:20:b3:4a/192.168.0.0/24
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Sending on LPF/br0/00:0e:2e:20:b3:4a/192.168.0.0/24
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Listening on LPF/br0/00:0e:2e:20:b3:4a/192.168.0.0/24
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Sending on LPF/br0/00:0e:2e:20:b3:4a/192.168.0.0/24
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Mar 10 20:53:12 dhcpd: dhcpd startup succeeded
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20166]: shutting down
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20166]: stopping command channel on 127.0.0.1#953
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20166]: no longer listening on 127.0.0.1#53
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20166]: no longer listening on 192.168.0.1#53
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20163]: exiting
Mar 10 20:53:12 named: named shutdown succeeded
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20232]: starting BIND 9.2.1 -u named
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20232]: using 1 CPU
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf'
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: no IPv6 interfaces found
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: listening on IPv4 interface br0, 192.168.0.1#53
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone 'localhost' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone '0.0.127.in-addr.arpa' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone '168.192.in-addr.arpa' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone 'karltwiford.net' allows updates by IP address, which is insecure
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1997022700
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone 168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 2003053056
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone karltwiford.net/IN: loaded serial 2003053056
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: running
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone 168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: sending notifies (serial 2003053056)
Mar 10 20:53:12 named[20235]: zone karltwiford.net/IN: sending notifies (serial 2003053056)
Mar 10 20:53:12 named: named startup succeeded
Mar 10 20:54:50 kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
Mar 10 20:54:50 kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
Mar 10 20:54:50 iptables: Flushing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:54:50 iptables: Clearing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:54:50 iptables: Flushing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:54:50 iptables: Clearing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:54:51 iptables: Applying iptables firewall rules succeeded
Mar 10 20:54:52 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering disabled state
Mar 10 20:54:52 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Mar 10 20:54:52 kernel: Unloaded prism54 driver
Mar 10 20:54:52 dhcpd: receive_packet failed on br0: Network is down
Mar 10 20:54:52 kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
Mar 10 20:54:52 kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
Mar 10 20:54:52 kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.0.2.2
Mar 10 20:54:53 kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Mar 10 20:54:54 kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
Mar 10 20:54:54 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 10 20:54:54 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
Mar 10 20:55:09 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Mar 10 20:55:09 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Mar 10 20:55:12 kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
Mar 10 20:55:12 kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
Mar 10 20:55:13 iptables: Flushing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:55:13 iptables: Clearing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:55:13 iptables: Flushing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:55:13 iptables: Clearing all current rules and user defined chains: succeeded
Mar 10 20:55:13 iptables: Applying iptables firewall rules succeeded
Mar 10 20:55:14 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering disabled state
Mar 10 20:55:14 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Mar 10 20:55:14 kernel: Unloaded prism54 driver
Mar 10 20:55:14 dhcpd: receive_packet failed on br0: Network is down
Mar 10 20:55:14 kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
Mar 10 20:55:14 kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
Mar 10 20:55:14 kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.0.2.2
Mar 10 20:55:15 kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Mar 10 20:55:16 kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
Mar 10 20:55:16 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Mar 10 20:55:17 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
Mar 10 20:55:32 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Mar 10 20:55:32 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating.

I put in RED the things that I think might have something to do with it. Any input would be a BIG help.

When you say that the card "stopped working", does that mean that you simply lost the wireless connection?

Things to try:
lspci to see what hardware you have
dmesg to see if the card is being detected properly (and tell you the device ID)

ifconfig to see what devices are up and running (wireless is often wlan0, but could be eth0 or eth1)

ifconfig wlan0 up to start the interface if it is not already running (substitute correct ID if necessary)

iwlist wlan0 scan to see if the wireless can see any access points ( " " )

The only thing that worked was dmesg, and this is what came from it:

[root@axentraserver /]# dmesg
Linux version 2.4.27-6 (masouds@havana) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-112.7.1)) #1 Wed Nov 10 12:11:51 EST 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000f7f0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000f7f0000 - 000000000f7f3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000000f7f3000 - 000000000f800000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
0MB HIGHMEM available.
247MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 63472
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 59376 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
ACPI: RSDP (v000 VIA601 ) @ 0x000f5e40
ACPI: RSDT (v001 VIA601 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x0f7f3000
ACPI: FADT (v001 VIA601 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x0f7f3040
ACPI: DSDT (v001 VIA601 AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda2
Found and enabled local APIC!
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 1297.162 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 2588.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 247896k/253888k available (1562k kernel code, 5608k reserved, 605k data, 156k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
CPU: L2 cache: 256K
CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1300MHz stepping 04
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
enabled ExtINT on CPU#0
ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000
ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 1297.1064 MHz.
..... host bus clock speed is 99.7774 MHz.
cpu: 0, clocks: 997774, slice: 498887
CPU0<T0:997760,T1:498864,D:9,S:498887,C:997774>
mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb450, last bus=1
PCI: Using configuration type 1
ACPI: IRQ5 SCI: Level Trigger.
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 *12 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 12
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: Disabling Via external APIC routing
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16)
apm: overridden by ACPI.
BIOS EDD facility v0.11 2004-Jun-21, 1 devices found
Starting kswapd
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x0
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
pty: 512 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(ed)
keyboard: Timeout - AT keyboard not present?(f4)
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:07.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f, BIOS settings: hdcio, hddio
hda: WDC WD800BB-00HEA0, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c0375d80, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 156301488 sectors (80026 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=9729/255/63, UDMA(100)
Partition check:
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 >
ide: late registration of driver.
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
Initializing Cryptographic API
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 2048 buckets, 16Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 32768)
Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 156k freed
Adding Swap: 522072k swap-space (priority -1)
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,2), internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,5), internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SUPERMOUNT WARNING [dev=/dev/cdrom] no fs=<filesystem> option, assuming fs=auto
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xc400, IRQ 11
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xc800, IRQ 11
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
hub.c: USB hub found
hub.c: 2 ports detected
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd007f000, 00:0e:2e:20:b3:4a, IRQ 10
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd0081000, 00:e0:4c:bb:78:b8, IRQ 11
eth1: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.0.2.2
eth2: prism54 driver detected card model: XG-900/GW-DS54G
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1983 buckets, 15864 max) - 308 bytes per conntrack
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
ip_conntrack_pptp version 1.9 loaded
ip_nat_pptp version 1.5 loaded
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x40A1
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
eth1: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
br0: topology change detected, propagating
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 930C
parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
udf: registering filesystem
via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
br0: port 1(eth0) entering disabled state
device eth0 left promiscuous mode
eth2: removing device
Unloaded prism54 driver
via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.19 July-12-2003 Written by Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html
Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.0.2.2
eth2: prism54 driver detected card model: XG-900/GW-DS54G
eth0: link up, 100Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x40A1
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
br0: topology change detected, propagating

What is: device eth0 left promiscuous state? It says that twice. Axentra does not support their system anymore. I don't know enough yet, I even bought a another WIFI card. it did not work.

Help!

ifconfig does not work?? Run "ifconfig -a" and post the results.

What is Axentra? Is it a computer or is it the wifi card?

What is the new card you bought? Did you install a driver for it?

Here is the CNET review on Axentra, I hope this gives you an idea of what it is

http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/axe...-31132428.html

[root@axentraserver /]# ifconfig -a
bash: ifconfig: command not found

This is what I get?

I have tried all the little stuff I do know.

Thanks for your help

Karl

promiscuous mode = sniff mode

or

promiscuous mode = packet spying mode

Promiscuous mode is used for tcpdump or wireshark to gather information about packets being transfered on the network.

Depending on the module it is either on or off by default. Use ifconfig to turn it off. The utility ifconfig is found in /sbin or /usr/sbin, so type the full path to it. Use whereis ifconfig if you do not know where it is located.

I suggest check /var/log/messages.

Some possible reasons why your wireless NIC went down.
* Firmware that is stored on the hard drive is corrupted
* virtual bridge went down
* virtual routing is not correct
* a data glitch
* gremelins

On some systems, you might need to use /sbin/ifconfig or use "su -" to take on the root user environment.

Thanks everybody! I am so new at this

I just re-installed the Axentra system and it corrected the problem. I did lose all my data, but at least now I can do what I want.

I will be adding my other machine that has Ubuntu on it. I am going to see it the two machines can play nice together.

I added my extra Hawkings wireless card to the Ubuntu machine and will try to build a WiFi Hot spot with it.

Beside my Axentra server taking a dump, I am having fun learning Linux. That is why I put the Ubuntu machine together, I hope to learn and try new things on that machine.

Thanks to everyone, I am learning alot just ready the threads here!

Karl