Re: [Madwifi-users] DHCP PROBLEMS

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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 22:08:06 +0200
"christopher micallef" <ch...@ho...> wrote:

> I am using FC3 with a DLINK DWL-G650 & DLINK router DI-624, the setup
> is  working perfectly with CVS madwifi diver I downloaded yesterday
> together  with wpa_supplicant WPA-PSK, the only problem is that I can
> only get it to  connect with a static IP, since when I try to use DHCP
> with dhclient it does  not get any lease for ath0, although when I
> check the D-LINK router log it  seems that the router assigns a lease,
> I saw other posts with same problem  but did not find  any clear
> solutions, can this be a problem with the  madwifi driver which might
> not be 100% compatible with my pcmica card, any  pointers greatly
> appreciated. THX

I had exactly the same problem, and it appears that it stems from doing
"iwpriv ath0 authmode 2" *before* the interface is up.  If I do it after
upping the interface there's no problem, but otherwise the interface is
incapable of transmitting (although everything appears to work).

Just my 2 cents or whatever.

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