Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:21:12 -0500 From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: DHCP failing with WiFi after 6.0 upgrade Message-ID: <20051201232112.GA9142@panix.com>
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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<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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, some
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? I do plan to get a new card,
but I want to get this working too.
Thanks. I thought this was more appropriate here than on -mobile.
Jesse Sheidlower
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