[Qt Extended] Wifi works, but no DNS

Jette Derriche jette at nerdgirl.dk
Wed Oct 29 00:19:33 CET 2008


On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 19:37 +0100, Jette Derriche wrote:
> I have configured Wireless LAN, and it seems to work. At least it says
> "Online" under Settings -> Internet. But initially it says "pending..."
> and then after a while it says "offline". I go into "properties" and
> select "Wireless Encryption". I don't change anything.. then press
> "back", and then it says "Online"...

Clearly something is not right:

~# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags  Iface
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U      usb0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U      eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.200   0.0.0.0         UG     usb0

(I removed the Metric, Ref and Use columns, since they are all zero)

Apparently the GUI adds double quotes to the key...

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# ifup eth0
sed: unrecognized option `--quiet'
BusyBox v1.11.1 (2008-08-05 02:00:09 CEST) multi-call binary

Usage: sed [-efinr] pattern [files...]

WPA: Configuring Interface
Line 9: Too long WEP key 0 '"3a9b7xxxxxxxxxxxxxxefad62a'.
Line 9: failed to parse wep_key0 '"3a9b7xxxxxxxxxxxxxxefad62a'.
Line 11: failed to parse network block.
Failed to read or parse configuration
'/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
wpa_supplicant: /usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
----------------------------------------------------------

The error disappeared when I removed the quotes around the key in
wpa_supplicant.conf ... 

This is a bit frustrating:

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root at om-gta02:~# ifup eth0  
ifup: interface eth0 already configured
root at om-gta02:~# ifdown eth0
cat: can't open '/var/run/udhcpc.eth0.pid': No such file or directory
root at om-gta02:~# touch /var/run/udhcpc.eth0.pid
root at om-gta02:~# ifdown eth0
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
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But aside from that, now I get this:

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root at om-gta02:~# ifup eth0
sed: unrecognized option `--quiet'
BusyBox v1.11.1 (2008-08-05 02:00:09 CEST) multi-call binary

Usage: sed [-efinr] pattern [files...]

WPA: Configuring Interface
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: Connection refused
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Operation not supported
udhcpc (v1.11.1) started
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
No lease, failing
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My config files:

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# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)

# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# Wireless interfaces
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless_mode managed
wireless_essid any
iface atml0 inet dhcp

# Wired or wireless interfaces
iface eth0 inet dhcp
    wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
                    
iface eth1 inet dhcp
                                 
# Ethernet/RNDIS gadget (g_ether)              
# ... or on host side, usbnet and random hwaddr
auto usb0             
iface usb0 inet static       
        address 192.168.0.202
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 192.168.0.0  
        gateway 192.168.0.200
                      
# Bluetooth networking
iface bnep0 inet dhcp
-----------------------------------------------------------

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ctrl_interface=/var/lib/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
fast_reauth=1
ap_scan=1
network={
    ssid="OMNIX"
    wep_key0=3a9b7xxxxxxxxxxxxxxefad62a
    key_mgmt=NONE
}
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I have also tried iwconfig with no luck....
Adding the IP of my router or openDNS nameservers to resolv.conf, does
not help either...

Any ideas?

/Jette




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