[PLUG] dell 1390 wireless with mandriva..

[Manas Alekar]

>
> I do get a follwoing line in there
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> despite my being able to ping to wlan0 ip address... but not to any
> other external IP.


The packet comes back from a level much higher in the stack than the network
driver.
Ex: ping can work on your wired interface when mii-diag shows you clearly
that the card has no link.

Cheers,
Manas