[shr-u] wifi timeout with mokonnect

Rui Miguel Silva Seabra rms at 1407.org
Wed Aug 12 15:04:49 CEST 2009


On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 03:04:26PM +0400, Paul Fertser wrote:
> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms at 1407.org> writes:
> > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:56:26PM +0400, Paul Fertser wrote:
> >> Bernhard Reiter <ockham at raz.or.at> writes:
> >> > CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
> >> > Trying to associate with <mac address> (SSID='<SSID>' freq=2437 MHz)
> >> > Associated with <mac address>
> >> > WPA: Key negotiation completed with <mac address> [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
> >> > CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to <mac address> completed (auth)
> >> > [id=0 id_str=]
> >> >
> >> > But unfortunately, I still can't ping my router, nor can I ping the
> >> > FreeRunner from my laptop either.
> >> 
> >> You're supposed to somehow set IP for eth0 after that (usually with
> >> the help of DHCP client). I really wonder why it's not obvious :S
> >
> > You're also supposed to have an SSID setup before using a DHCP client.
> >
> > At least for me that NEVER happens :|
> 
> wpa_supplicant does that for you. I'm yet to see a single case when it
> couldn't.

Somehow people keep missing the point...

	With Mokonnect that NEVER happens.

	Wifi works just fine, Mofi sets it up without a problem.

	I'm quite sure wpa_supplicat hand made config will work as well.

> >> Also some APs require "wmiconfig -ieth0 --power=maxperf" trick to
> >> work.
> >
> > I always run that.
> 
> Eats battery like mad. I suggest using this only as a last resort.

I know, it lasted two hours last I tried, but at least it's reliable :)

Rui



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