should also checkout his /etc/pcmcia configuration to enable the DHCP in
the /etc/pcmcia/ .opt file ...
-=Francois=-
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Donald Szeto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got an exprience in that when I was setting up my laptop as a gateway between my
>LAN and wireless broadband.
> To successfully get an IP, you should successfully connected to the access point at
>least.
> Use iwconfig (wireless toolkit) to see if you are successfully connected.
> Then, try dhcpcd the interface, it used to be successful in my case.
>
> PS: I do not remember clearly that if you have to plug the card into the first
>pcmcia slot and turn ifconfig down the local network interfaces first before getting
>an IP for the wavelan card.
>
> Regards and good luck,
> Donald Szeto.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lukas Ruf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 9:40 PM
> To: DebianLaptop
> Subject: DHCP, WaveLAN and wired LAN
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am using
> Debian woody,
> kernel 2.2.18,
> cs-3.1.23
> wavelan2_cs-6.06
> and
> pump (as distributed by woody)
>
> The problem I am experiencing:
> I cannot get a DHCP-served IP-address.
>
> When I remove/exchange the cards (either WaveLAN and or the other wired card),
> the modules are correctly loaded. But unfortunately, neither wire- nor
> wireless cards get a DHCP address. Strange enough, if I execute as root
> /etc/init.d/networking stop
> and after that
> /etc/init.d/networking start
> in either case the DHCP address is correctly assigned. If I execute
> /etc/init.d/networking restart
> the whole system crashes.
>
> Does anyone know what I could try next ?
>
> Any help is greately appreciated!
>
> --lpr
>
>
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