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? How exactly are you using the WRT54GL? What operating system is it running? I am using a WRT54GL (running dd-wrt) as an access point attached to my desktop. I had to make some changes to the WRT setup, eg stopping dhcpd on it (as I rely on dhcpd on the desktop). But it is not clear to me how you are using it. I would suspect the settings in /etc/dhcpd.conf in whatever you are trying to connect to. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
