On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 19:05, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 10:54 -0400, James Pifer wrote: > > I have ndiswrapper installed and configured and everything seems to be > > working correctly. I can run the following commands without a problem > > and I can scan the wireless networks. > > > > /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key restricted my_key > > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid my_essid > > /sbin/dhclient wlan0 > > > > I can bring down and bring up the wireless adapter using: > > /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 [down][up] > > > > The problem is I can't get an ip address and the router does not show > > the client connected. > > I was using MAC filtering, but I have disabled that to rule it out. > > DHCP runs on a separate linux box, not on my wireless router. > > I have a windows machine that connects ok and gets an IP address. > > > > My router is a DLink DI624. > > I'm running FC4 on a HP Compaq nx9110. > > The wireless card is: > > 02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g > > Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > It looks like you are using encryption. What happens if you change > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key restricted my_key > to > /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key my_key > > When I have this sort of problem I start with the least restrictive > configuration where I can get a connection, then add the restrictions so > I can tell which causes a problem (if any). > > > Thanks, > > James > > > > Hm, I get the exact same thing. Here's what I get in messages when I load it: Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes) Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,04/21/2005, 3.100.65.1) loaded Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193 Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 193 Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:90:4b:5f:be:d2 using driver bcmwl5, configuration file 14E4:4320:103C:12F4.5.conf Jul 15 23:01:10 kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP I looked at the conf file it specifies above and some things were blank, like: SSID| WEP| So I also tried adding my settings and it made no difference. James
