Does iwconfig ath0 show a mac address for the access point??? If not, then it's a problem at the wireless level.
Steve On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:25:46 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > 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 > > > i'll pass, prefering to have on-topic discussions... > > no, seriously now, turn off wpa and see if it works. if it does at that > > point, the trouble is your wpa setup. > > > unsuccessful. though to be honest i'm guessing a little about the > corresponding changes that are needed in the interfaces file. I've > tried no change, just removing the "key abcde12345" part, and altering > to "essid any". all fail. i have turned off all security related > options I can find on the router (it's a linksys wag54g if that's > helpful... ) and still same result. > > tomorrow i can try getting it going on the work router which is a > different model (and will need different settings in the interfaces file > of course). will be good to see how that goes if i get no further tonight. > > > >
