From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 12:49:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D646116A41F for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:49:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jester@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1933643D49 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:49:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jester@panix.com) Received: from panix2.panix.com (panix2.panix.com [166.84.1.2]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A1A9D85E for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:49:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jester@localhost) by panix2.panix.com (8.11.6p3/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id jB2CnX506235 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:49:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 07:49:33 -0500 From: Jesse Sheidlower To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051202124933.GA23213@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Subject: Repost: DHCP failing with WiFi after 6.0 upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:49:35 -0000 I sent this yesterday to -questions, but in retrospect perhaps this really is the right place; sorry for the duplication. I recently took my IBM ThinkPad X23, which had been running 4.11, and did a fresh install (backup files, wipe disk, install from scratch) to 6.0. Most things have gone smoothly, though there are still a few things to iron out. My biggest problem is that I can't seem to get DHCP to work with my wireless card. I have an Orinoco Gold 802.11b card that's always worked fine; I'm about to replace it with something else for 802.11g with a new WAP. There seem to be minor differences in how the card goes in; under 4.11 I would get various beeps when I plugged it in and after it associated, but now it's silent. And I had to remember to load WEP in my kernel. But I can seem to get things started by issuing the command ifconfig wi0 ssid jesterWAP wepmode on wepkey 0x[DELETED] which does seem to successfully reach my WAP: # ifconfig wi0 wi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::202:[DELETED] prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 ether 00:02:[DELETED] media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps) status: associated ssid jesterWAP channel 6 bssid 00:[DELETED] stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" authmode OPEN privacy MIXED deftxkey UNDEF wepkey 1:104-bit txpowmax 100 bintval 100 I can't seem to get a DHCP lease, however: # dhclient wi0 DHCPDISCOVER on wi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on wi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on wi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPDISCOVER on wi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 DHCPDISCOVER on wi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 DHCPDISCOVER on wi0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. (Under 4.11, I didn't get any verbose output from dhcpclient.) I can get a DHCP lease with fxp0, my Ethernet card; also, Macs in the house have no problem getting leases through the WAP. (The DHCP server is in a separate router, not in the WAP.) Is there something that's changed under 6.0, or is there just something I'm forgetting to do? Am I actually connected, or does it just look that way? I do plan to get a new card, but I want to get this working too. Thank you. Jesse Sheidlower