Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:02:53 +0100 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. Message-ID: <20050311200253.21058e38@localhost> In-Reply-To: <efb85820503071132e17499c@mail.gmail.com> References: <efb858205030513273fea6df1@mail.gmail.com> <422a3b4c.6460c00f.48d7.412b@smtp.gmail.com> <20050306195438.29f69e9d@localhost> <efb858205030611004d91d4f2@mail.gmail.com> <efb85820503071132e17499c@mail.gmail.com>
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gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, so I've managed to get the Wless nic talking to the Access Point > (per the logs) but I'm having problems getting an ip address. Check > out the dhclient output: > > dolores# dhclient -v ndis0 > Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1 > Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium. > All rights reserved. > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP > > Listening on BPF/ndis0/00:11:95:87:8b:e4 > Sending on BPF/ndis0/00:11:95:87:8b:e4 > Sending on Socket/fallback > DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 > DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 > DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 > DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 > DHCPDISCOVER on ndis0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 > No DHCPOFFERS received. > No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. > dolores# > > here's the ifconfig ndis0 output: > > ndis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::211:95ff:fe87:8be4%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 > inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 > ether 00:11:95:87:8b:e4 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) > status: associated > ssid normal1@gmail.com 1:normal1@gmail.com > channel 8 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS > wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 > wepkey 1:104-bit > > Anyone that has experienced this before? Any ideas? As you can read below, I already assumed, that you don't have "device bpf" in your kernel. Can you confirm or deny it? > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:00:58 -0800, gabriel <normal1.lists@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thats a good script. How did you install the ndis driver/wrapper? - > > Cause I think some of the problem may be there. > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:54:38 +0100, Fabian Keil > > <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> wrote: > > > "Subhro" <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > > > > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of gabriel > > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:57 > > > > > To: freebsd-questions > > > > > Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. > > > > Are you positive that the DHCP function of your AP works perfectly? I am > > > > asking thing because I have come across a couple of routers which happily > > > > routes packets to static IPs but messes everything up as soon as it is asked > > > > to handle DHCP. > > > > > > I guess the DHCP server is working, but Gabriel's kernel is lacking "device bpf" > > > which is needed for dhclient. > > > > > > Otherwise the IP is set to 0.0.0.0 without error message, just as described. Regards Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de
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