On Fri, January 26, 2007 10:40 pm, Gus Wirth wrote: > 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 > >
I suspected as much in Portland. Is there a workaround? I would have added a GW by hand but didn't know how to detect or guess it. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
