On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:34:03 +1200 (NZST)
Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a functional wireless card now, but when the card goes looking for the
> router no dhcpoffer is received by the card. 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ifup ath0
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
> Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
> 
> Listening on LPF/ath0/00:13:46:74:9a:d0
> Sending on   LPF/ath0/00:13:46:74:9a:d0
> Sending on   Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> 
> I have set the router so that it is NOT filtering by MAC address, it is WPA
> pre-shared key, and I have checked there is a match with the channel, ssid and
> password from /etc/network/interfaces:  
> 
> auto lo 
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> 
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet dhcp
> 
> auto ath0
> iface ath0 inet dhcp
> pre-up /sbin/iwpriv ath0 mode 0
> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig ath0 essid rnsRouter channel 10 key abcde12345
> 
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions what I could do?
> 
> Cheers,
> Roger
> 

consult with don

no, seriously now, turn off wpa and see if it works. if it does at that point, 
the trouble is your wpa setup.


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