[Madwifi-users] Res: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval
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From: Leonardo Gomes... <leo...@ya...> - 2010-06-14 15:54:02
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Assuming that DHCP Server is running in the network and the problem is not receiving Offers for the DHCP Server. My experience is the same as your, but in the Fedora 12. Apparently, the packets of discover and request are sniffed in wireshark without a offer, but some reason what i don't know, those packets discover and request don't are transmited in the air. What explains no offer packets. I restart the network service and after this the offers are receiving. In other words, after restart the network service the packets is transmited on the air !!! Sorry for my english. Leonardo Gomes. ________________________________ De: sundar mahadevan <sun...@gm...> Para: mad...@li... Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 10 de Junho de 2010 20:45:14 Assunto: [Madwifi-users] DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval Hi All, Greetings. I am on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL 5.5 x86_64) same as Redhat 5.5. I must use OEL5.5 because of my software installation requirements. My wlan card detects my network but its just not getting ip from my router assigned. I use WEP now. Earlier I had WPA since it more secure and it was the same issue, No DHCP offers. Then i installed madwifi but still the same issue. I have spent more than 20 hours trying to get wifi working but no luck. Your help is highly appreciated. [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$modprobe ath_pci [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$dhclient ath0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5-RedHat Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/ath0/90:4c:e5:56:ce:14 Sending on LPF/ath0/90:4c:e5:56:ce:14 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$ [root@suma1 ~]$uname -a Linux suma1 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Mon Mar 29 22:10:29 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@suma1 ~]$ifconfig ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:4C:E5:56:CE:14 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) [root@suma1 ~]$ifup wlan0 ath9k device wlan0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. my router details are below: [root@suma1 ~]$iwlist ath0 scan ath0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:3F:E1:BD:2D Channel:9 Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9) Quality=70/70 Signal level=-33 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"suma" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000003aaecae7ea Extra: Last beacon: 362ms ago IE: Unknown: 000473756D61 IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048 IE: Unknown: 030109 IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32041224606C [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$cat ifcfg-ath0 # Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) DEVICE=ath0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=90:4c:e5:56:ce:14 NETMASK= DHCP_HOSTNAME= IPADDR= BONDING_OPTS= DOMAIN= MASTER= TYPE=WIRELESS ESSID=suma CHANNEL=9 MODE=managed SECURITYMODE=off RATE=auto USERCTL=no IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$cat keys-ath0 KEY=9192078562 (fake key displayed above) |