[driverloader] Configuration problem? [eid-20050720-d76]

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

you can have multiple network interfaces on a machine that use DHCP 
without any problems. Since using static IP information fixed the 
problem, then either the DHCP requests are blocked by a firewall or 
there is a problem with the DHCP server in the access point. This is the 
2 more likely cause of the problem.

To setup your WEP key, we recommend that you use the network 
configuration tool that came with your Linux distribution. In the case 
of Fedora Core 4, this program can be started with the 'neat' command in 
a shell.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



Peter Talbot wrote:
> THANK YOU JOHNATHAN!!!
> 
> Wanted to let the list know how my problem got resolved...
> 
> On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 10:05 -0400, Linuxant support wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>the error message:
>>
>>---
>>
>>Error : unrecognised wireless request "Mb/s"
>>
>>---
>>seems to be a bug in Fedora Core 4:
>> 
>>
>>To fix it, please edit the file
>>'/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1'. 
> 
> 
>>change:
>>RATE='11 Mb/s'
>>
>>to 
>>---
>>
>>RATE=''
> 
> 
> 
> That seems to have done the trick! I still have no luck getting an
> address with DHCP, but editing that file and setting the IP address
> staticly has accomplished my goal of getting my laptop wireless. I do
> use MAC filtering, but the card is registered and I have not had a need
> to turn off that protection.
> 
> And now (finally) I have a working linux wireless configuration that I
> can refer to if things get funky in future!
> 
> In researching this problem, I ran across the idea that only one
> interface per computer may be a DHCP client. Could that be my issue? Or
> is this possibly a problem with dhclient? I shall try not having eth0
> activated at startup and see if eth1 can get me a dynamic address.
> 
> Is it ok to use kWiFi manager to set WEP keys for driverloader? or
> should I use iwconfig or another tool?
> 
> 
>>It seems that you are unable to obtain IP information by DHCP even if
>>according to the output of 'iwconfig' you are connected to the access point
>>and according to the output of 'ifconfig' you are able to send and receive
>>packets with the wireless interface.
>>
>>
>>
>>Please make sure that every protection feature on the access point are
>>disabled, for example, MAC address filtering. You could also try to upgrade
>>the access point firmware to see if there is a difference.
> 
> 
>>Regards,
> 
> 
>>Jonathan
>>
>>Technical specialist / Linuxant
>>
>>www.linuxant.com
>>support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> 
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