Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:05:51 -0500 From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Repost: DHCP failing with WiFi after 6.0 upgrade Message-ID: <20051205210551.GA20994@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <20051203051027.12FCD5D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20051203045021.GA28760@panix.com> <20051203051027.12FCD5D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 09:10:27PM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 23:50:21 -0500 > > From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> > > > > I expect I'm about to expose my cluelessness, but even after getting > > the lease--which, obviously, required going over the WAP to my router-- > > I still can't connect anywhere. My wi0 ifconfig looks like: [...] > > after getting my DHCP lease. But I am unable to ping the router, or > > the WAP, or run any traceroutes, or anything else over the network. > > GNOME's "Connection Properties" applet shows packets received but > > nothing sent, FWIW. I have no problem using the Ethernet interface. > > This is most likely the default route. DHCP will set it, but it will > not replace a default that is already there if it was not set by > dhclient. . > > Try either 'router delete default' or 'route flush' before running > dhclient. If you already have dhclient running, I'd 'killall dhclient' > and then restart it. Many thanks. Though when I first tried this it didn't work, I took a break to clean out my kernel (remove IPv6, and support for dozens of things I don't have and will never use), and after recompiling, things were up and running perfectly. I now recall having had this problem previously, and remember that flushing the routing table was what fixed it. I don't know why I couldn't remember this when it mattered. Thanks for your help. Jesse Sheidlower
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