Chris Mauricio wrote:
Google is not my friend...
Recently did a fresh install from FC4 to FC6. I had noticed this issue
sporadically in FC4, where dhcp would fail to pick up the gateway every odd
router or so. This issue has become full blown in FC6.
I cannot retrieve the GW on any wireless router, but successfully get IP,
netmask, DNS. I have been resorting to manually adding GW via 'route add'
but this is a pain in the ass when travelling from starbux to starbux.
relevant info:
Linux hekate 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Dec 20 14:51:19 EST 2006 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux
02:01.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection (rev 05)
ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.src.rpm
wireless-tools-28-1.fc6.src.rpm
wlassistant-0.5.5-4.fc6.src.rpm
dhcp-3.0.5-1.fc6.src.rpm
Any help appreciated.
Unfortunately, the problem is probably not in Linux but in the DHCP
server. I discovered that many DHCP servers (Microsoft, cheap wireless
access points) are brain dead and take the RFC's as suggestions and not
as requirements and do not present the gateway in the correct manner.
One way to help troubleshoot would be to see if you can sniff the
connection, either by running the DHCP client in debug mode or maybe
with Wireshark (the new name for Ethereal). I had to do that at the
Installfest at National City Adult School.
Gus
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