On Tuesday 21 October 2003 21:00, shogunx wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Dave Bakshani wrote: > > One of my LTSP clients is a notebook with a Netgear MA401 wireless NIC > > and wireless_ltsp-3.0.5. My server runs RedHat 9 with LTSP 3.0. > > > > With WEP disabled on my Netgear AP, my notebook has no trouble connecting > > to the network, obtaining an IP address and starting up as a LTSP client > > running X. Once I enable 128 bit WEP on my AP however, the notebook is > > unable to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server when booting up, and > > ends in a kernel panic. I have verified that I entered the correct key in > > the key="" line in my wireless.cfg file on my boot diskette. > > > > Judging by the blinking activity light on my NIC, it appears that my NIC > > is unable to make a connection with my AP, and therefore unable to > > request an IP address from the DHCP server. > > > > Running Knoppix on this same notebook, I have verified that my NIC can > > get an IP addy from the DHCP server if I first issue a "iwconfig eth0 key > > xxxxxxx" followed by the "pump" command. > > > > My only guess is that perhaps when booting with the wireless_ltsp > > diskette, the iwconfig command is not being issued before a DHCP request. > > Perhaps cardmgr is not running before the iwconfig command. This would > make the command invalid as the pcmcia modules would not have loaded yet, > so there would be no device to configure. > Thanks for your feedback, shogunx. Would you have any idea how to verify if what you have suggested is the case in the wireless_ltsp-3.0.5 package, and if so, how to fix it? Thanks.
> > I would > > appreciate if someone can shed some light on this and offer a solution. > > > > TIA. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by OSDN developer relations > > Here's your chance to show off your extensive product knowledge > > We want to know what you know. Tell us and you have a chance to win $100 > > http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?HRPT1X3RYQNC5V4MLNSV3E54 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > sleekfreak pirate broadcast > world tour 2002-3 > live from the pirate hideout > http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
