Airport/iBook/YDL3.0 problems

[Scott Kellogg]

> 1) I need to use neat. I use it to switch on and off my wired connection,
> and hence it's pretty much indespensible. A hardware change shouldn't make
> it stop working. I've filed the relevant bug with RedHat, should I file it
> with YellowDog (considering it's a RedHat tool, but I'm running YD?)

I don't know anything about neat, so I'm afraid I'm not much help.  You
could, however, down your eth1 interface and then restart it when you need
it.

> 2) The connection is still broken. /sbin/ifconfig lists eth1 as dropping
> packets, and I can't ping my server box. Yes, I do have a standard Airport
> card; my iBook doesn't support an Airport Extreme card. I've never used
> iwconfig before, and I'd much rather use the built-in neat tool.

Hmm.  Is it associating with the AP?

/Scott