My AP is service DHCP. When I issued that command it timed out (I replaced iwk0 with ipw0 for my system). I then tried setting a static IP but couldn't connect to any internet sites (I expect I also need to set the DNS server somewhere?)
I decided a reboot might be worth a try, but now it won't start up (I'm using the OpenSolaris 2008.05 live CD at the moment). It just keeps giving the message: WARNING: ipw0: ipw: RADIO is OFF I think I'll download and install the latest SXCE build and see how I get on with that. Please take this is constructive criticism rather than me being a troll...but from my observations the wireless support in OpenSolaris has a fair way to go to catch up with some of the Linux distros. I'm happy to assist with its improvement if I can. James C. McPherson wrote: > Andrew Myers wrote: >> Thanks James. Turns out I didn't read the man page correctly and the >> key actually needs to be saved using "wificonfig create-secobj ...." >> >> It now appears I've connected, but I can't connect to any network >> resources. >> >> If I use ifconfig -a it appears my ip address is still set as 0.0.0.0 >> >> dladm show-link indicates that the device state is "up" however. >> >> I'm tempted just to get a very long ethernet cable... :-) > > Is your AP serving DHCP? > > ifconfig iwk0 dhcp start > > should be all you need in that case. > > If it's not and you have to get a static IP - find out which > IP you can use (and its netmask) then run > > > ifconfig iwk0 inet (staticIPaddr) netmask (netmaskgoeshere) up > > > James C. McPherson > -- > Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter > http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog > http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp > Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson > >
