Re: argh -- can't get wireless in someone else's house

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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.




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