The solution is absurdly simple. Use udhcpc not dhclient. Both are installed on 2008.8, only udhcpc does the right thing.
For example... Dhclient: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dhclient eth0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.2 Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP can't create /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases: No such file or directory Listening on LPF/eth0/00:12:cf:8e:f0:0e Sending on LPF/eth0/00:12:cf:8e:f0:0e Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPOFFER from 10.0.1.100 DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 10.0.1.100 DHCPDECLINE on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 udhcpc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# udhcpc eth0 udhcpc (v1.9.1) started run-parts: /etc/udhcpc.d/00avahi-autoipd exited with return code 1 Sending discover... Sending select for 10.0.1.214... Lease of 10.0.1.214 obtained, lease time 4294967295 run-parts: /etc/udhcpc.d/00avahi-autoipd exited with return code 1 adding dns 10.0.1.100 Much better result with the latter :) On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi, > > I have a FR whith 2008.8 + latest updates, and I can't connect to any > wifi network with the GUI. The "settings" page shows correctly the list > of available APs, when I click on one it asks for a password, and that's > all. > > At home, I have a WEP network (which is working very well), and I could > try connecting with the commandline. An iwlist scan shows the APs, then > iwconfig essid and key connect to the AP, but that's all. > When I then run "dhclient eth0", it goes into an infinite loop where it > receives an OFFER, then does a DECLINE. > > Here is the log seen from the server side (dnsmasq): > > Sep 10 23:37:17 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPREQUEST(ath0) > 192.168.4.17800:19:7d:87:60:4e > Sep 10 23:37:17 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPACK(ath0) > 192.168.4.17800:19:7d:87:60:4e > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPOFFER(ath0) > 192.168.4.17900:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPOFFER(ath0) > 192.168.4.17900:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPREQUEST(ath0) > 192.168.4.17900:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPACK(ath0) > 192.168.4.17900:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDECLINE(ath0) > 192.168.4.17900:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPOFFER(ath0) > 192.168.4.18000:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPREQUEST(ath0) > 192.168.4.18000:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPACK(ath0) > 192.168.4.18000:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDECLINE(ath0) > 192.168.4.18000:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > Sep 10 23:37:56 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 > etc. > > dhclient on the FR shows the same kind of thing. > > > Any hint ? > > Thanks, > Xav > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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