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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     
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