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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? > ?zf??? y????Z??)?????-?X????y????+????.n7?????{.n?+????:???^?*'??-?+-??-z????l?????? >
