WiFi doesn't work

Xavier Bestel xavier.bestel at free.fr
Thu Sep 11 09:52:34 CEST 2008


Hi,

I have a FR whith 2008.8 + latest updates, and I can't connect to any
wifi network with the GUI. The "settings" page shows correctly the list
of available APs, when I click on one it asks for a password, and that's
all.

At home, I have a WEP network (which is working very well), and I could
try connecting with the commandline. An iwlist scan shows the APs, then
iwconfig essid and key connect to the AP, but that's all.
When I then run "dhclient eth0", it goes into an infinite loop where it
receives an OFFER, then does a DECLINE.

Here is the log seen from the server side (dnsmasq):

Sep 10 23:37:17 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPREQUEST(ath0) 192.168.4.178 00:19:7d:87:60:4e 
Sep 10 23:37:17 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPACK(ath0) 192.168.4.178 00:19:7d:87:60:4e 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPOFFER(ath0) 192.168.4.179 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPOFFER(ath0) 192.168.4.179 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPREQUEST(ath0) 192.168.4.179 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPACK(ath0) 192.168.4.179 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:50 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDECLINE(ath0) 192.168.4.179 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPOFFER(ath0) 192.168.4.180 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPREQUEST(ath0) 192.168.4.180 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPACK(ath0) 192.168.4.180 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:53 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDECLINE(ath0) 192.168.4.180 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
Sep 10 23:37:56 awak dnsmasq[14577]: DHCPDISCOVER(ath0) 00:12:cf:8e:fe:59 
etc.

dhclient on the FR shows the same kind of thing.


Any hint ?

Thanks,
	Xav






More information about the community mailing list