On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Alan J. Gagne wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm embarrassed to admit that i can't, for the life of me, get a > > wireless connection at a friend's house at the moment. updated fedora > > 8, and a stock linksys WRT54GL. i have the SSID, i have the WEP key, > > i even have the router password, so i've logged in and checked > > everything -- no MAC filtering, no DHCP client limit, etc. > > > > but when i try to bring up wireless, /var/log/messages shows me: > > > > Feb 8 08:37:59 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type > > 801 > > Feb 8 08:37:59 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type > > 801 > > Feb 8 08:37:59 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 > > port 67 interval 8 > > Feb 8 08:38:07 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 > > port 67 interval 11 > > ... > > Feb 8 08:39:00 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. > > > > i can certainly see the WAP: > > > > # iwlist wlan0 scan > > ... > > Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:39:6A:01:EF > > ESSID:"XXXXXXXX" > > Mode:Master > > Channel:6 > > Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) > > Quality=83/100 Signal level=-46 dBm Noise level=-67 dBm > > Encryption key:on > > Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s > > 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s > > 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s > > ... > > > > > > i'm pretty much out of ideas here -- any thoughts? > > > > rday > > > I get the exact same situation at home with my linksys router > (probably not router related) when I do not have broadcast ssid on. > Start broadcating the ssid and I make a connection no problem. it's already broadcasting. rday p.s. one of the other people here is gleefully making fun of me since she has a winders system that connects no problem. this is not the time for me to be evangelizing about the benefits of OSS, trust me. :-) -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ========================================================================
