[wplug] wireless card config
Clark Slater
clark at slatech.com
Mon Mar 22 13:14:05 EST 2004
Hi-
I tried `ifdown eth1 ; ifup eth1` and it [failed].
from /var/log/messages:
Mar 22 13:05:18 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
Mar 22 13:05:32 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
Mar 22 13:05:52 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
Mar 22 13:05:56 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Encryption is enables at the WAP, and I have verified the
settings in wireless.opts:
INFO="Wavelan IEEE example (Lucent default settings)"
ESSID="linksys"
MODE="Managed"
KEY="D961B30DC736B4BC716DCF0431"
I notice from iwconfig that it has an empty string as an ESSID
and says 'Encryption key:off'. Doesn't seem to be picking up
the params from wireless.opts.
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"HERMES I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
Bit Rate:2Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
This is all I have in ifcfg-eth1:
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=no
Thanks,
Clark
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Brandon Kuczenski wrote:
> > I'm trying to get a Lucent Orinoco Gold 802.11
> > PCMCIA card to work with my ThinkPad T21 running
> > RH 9.
> >
> > I have a Linksys Etherfast WAP and used to have
> > this same hardware config running with RH 7.3
> > I know that the hardware is working because I
> > can boot into win2k and everything works.
>
>
> It sounds like your setup is very similar to mine (I have a T23 and a
> D-Link hub, otherwise identical). I get that behavior sometimes. My
> solution was always to ifdown eth1 ; ifup eth1 and watch the DHCP process
> display on the screen. I have no idea what causes it to fail, but it
> happens to me maybe one in 10 times.
>
> As an idea - try setting your ESSID to something on both the router and
> client side, or to "any" on the client side, if it isn't already:
> iwconfig eth1 essid any
>
> Key things to look for:
>
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
>
> When it's found an access point, it will display a real MAC. And
>
> > Link Quality:0/92 Signal level:134/153 Noise level:134/153
>
> When it's established a connection, the link quality will be a number
> xx/92, and the SIgnal and Noise levels will be listed as negative dB
> rather than fractions:
>
> > Link Quality:33/92 Signal level:-58 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
>
> What does your ifcfg-eth1 look like? Is encryption turned off at the WAP?
>
> -Brandon
>
>
>
>
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