On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 00:27, Spundun Bhatt wrote: > Thanx Joshua, > what you said in your mail was all I needed. > Now I became more brave and tried with encryption. > this time I am getting the follosing messages and all sort of wierd > things happen. > sometimes the led keeps blinking, after I played once with the wlancfg-* > file that blinking stopped but still no connection. > When I insert the card.. the messages I get on > /var/log/everything/current are > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- <snip>
> Feb 20 00:16:27 [dhcpcd] timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server > response > Feb 20 00:16:27 [rc-scripts] Failed to bring wlan0 up This means you don't have a DHCP server on your network...so what you'll probably need to do is either set one up (which can be a pain) or configure your wireless card to use a static IP address. There is an example for doing this in /etc/conf.d/net, which I've pasted below: iface_eth0="192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" Also, here's what I use at home for my internal network: iface_eth1="10.0.0.1 broadcast 10.0.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" You probably don't want to copy either of these verbatim, as your network is probably setup different from mine or from the default. :) Hope this helps. -- Josh > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > if I do ifconfig.. I get > --------------------------------------------------------------- > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:180 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:180 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:9000 (8.7 Kb) TX bytes:9000 (8.7 Kb) > > wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:DD:30:5E:1F > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:584 (584.0 b) > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x100 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Also after a minut I got message on /var/log/everything/current > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Feb 20 00:23:16 [dhcpcd] timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server > response > Feb 20 00:23:16 [rc-scripts] Failed to bring wlan0 up > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Am i doing some common mistake over here? > again... thanx for the response > Spundun > > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 22:58, Joshua J. Berry wrote: > > You need to create yourself a net.wlan0 init script. Usually you can > > just copy net.eth0 and add "need pcmcia" to the depend() section. > > > > You'll also need to setup your wlan0 interface in > > /etc/conf.d/net...usually something like "iface_wlan0=dhcp" works just > > fine. > > > > After that, I *believe* there is a way to get it to start automatically, > > though I'm not sure (I always start it manually with > > /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start on my laptop). I haven't actually had much > > time to play around with my wireless configuration yet, so perhaps > > someone else can jump in here and add the part I'm missing. > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- ----------------------------------------- Joshua J. Berry "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere." -- /usr/games/fortune PGP Key: http://deneb.condordes.net/node/16/view NOTE: Please do not submit this email address to any mailing lists or websites without prior permission. Thank you.
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