From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 11 19:05:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B7016A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:05:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E63643D5A for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:05:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 27709 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2005 19:05:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[83.129.63.130]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 11 Mar 2005 19:05:09 -0000 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:02:53 +0100 From: Fabian Keil To: gabriel Message-ID: <20050311200253.21058e38@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: <422a3b4c.6460c00f.48d7.412b@smtp.gmail.com> <20050306195438.29f69e9d@localhost> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: D-Link NIC. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:05:13 -0000 gabriel 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 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 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 > > wrote: > > > "Subhro" 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