On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 09:36:40AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > At 1:13 +0200 9/20/02, christophe =?unknown-8bit?Q?barb=E9?= wrote: > >Hi again, > > > >'modprobe airport' seems to work. > >So I try to connect to my base station with the following lines in my > >/etc/network/interfaces file : > > > >iface eth1 inet dhcp > > wireless_essid abcd > > wireless_key s:efgh > > > >where abcd is the network name provided by the airport base and efgh is > >the password I use under macos-x for this network. > > That is configuration for a DHCP-client. > ( I don't know if it is a good configuration )
I am nearly sure for the dhcp part. What I believe can be incorrect is the essid and key part. > >Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > >DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 > >DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 > > That looks like the output of a DHCP-server, > which is not expected on a client. No. That looks like a DHCP-client. It sends a broadcast discover command and wait for an answer from a server. But in my case nobody answer. > See http://ldp.nllgg.nl/HOWTO/mini/DHCP/ for DHCP information. I know enough about that. Thanks > >and so on ... > > > >Any ideas ? > > I not sure if wireless ethernet can do a DHCP request. Me too but it seems to be the case. > And something else: > Notice that this mailinglist is about PowerPC. Yes but notice that I have clearly entitle the mail and this is the best place to get information on airport config. Thanks, Christophe
