[Voyage-linux] loses wlan cards..

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Gary,

If you are using voyage 0.3 and transfer the CF from one box to another, 
there is a known issue that the udev will create ethX other than the 
original eth0.  Please read the discussion and workaround in this thread:

http://www.mail-archive.com/voyage-linux@list.voyage.hk/msg01253.html

Regards,
Punky

Gary Eden wrote:
> Members,
> I am dealing with a very distressing issue concerning voyage. I have 
> downloaded and flashed 2- sansdisk cf cards. I have a mirror test 
> setup using all identical hardware to the actual AP's now in service 
> (running pebble). I hammer out the interface configurations and run 
> them in the test setup to validate the operation of the hostap and 
> madwifi drivers, and get the whole thing running,soft reboot,hard 
> reboot,cycle power..everything I can think of, tweaking all the way, 
> till  it reboots and configures all interfaces correctly. Then I 
> removed power from the board (soekris 4521), removed the cf cards and 
> go onsite 20 miles away, climb 100ft.+ tower , open the AP enclosure, 
> disconnect power ,swap out the cf card, and reconnect power. To my 
> dismay the new cf cards boot up fine...but voyage has lost its ability 
> to correctly configure the interfaces, eth0 :device not found, 
> wlanX:device not found...what is going on with this! It's just a 
> soekris 4521 with 2-senao pcmcia cards and a atheros minipci. And 
> power isn't an issue.
>
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