[wplug] Wireless access point & dhcp

[sublime78ska at comcast.net]

Thanks very much for this - I'll try it without WEP and see if that's it.

Phil
> I have a Linksys WUSB11 which is USB based and surely uses a
> different driver, but I also had trouble with DHCP. I am running
> RedHat 9, and everything was fine until I turned on WEP. It
> appeared that the init scripts did the DHCP call before it did the
> WEP configurationi, so I ended up with a properly configured NIC
> but no IP address. I never did figure out the scripting issue. I
> went to a static IP and everything was fine. This is not going to
> solve your problem if you need to use DHCP, but it may point to
> where the problem is.  
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:27:19PM -0500, Phil wrote:
> > Anyone using Linksys WAP11?
> > 
> > I just got one, and it gets an IP address from my dhcp server (Mandrake's 
> > MNF.)  However, my laptop doesn't get one.  It does when connected with a 
> > cable.
> > 
> > I don't know where to go to see what's wrong.  The laptop (W2K, cisco 
> > wireless card) sees the wap.  Keys are exchanged, etc.  It just doesn't 
> > get an IP.
> > 
> > TIA!
> > 
> > Phil
> > 
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