No, it does not. I have now tried getting on the work wireless ap and have experienced the same outcome...
Steve Holdoway wrote: > 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. >> >> >> >> >> > > >
