Re: "receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network is down", "No DHCPOFFERS received."
On Saturday 11 November 2006 4:03 am, Juanjavier Martínez wrote:
> I'm unable to get ip address in my acer aspire 3610
>
> although wlan0 interface rises ok.
>
> debian:/home/juanja# iwlist wlan0 scanning
>
> wlan0 Scan completed:
>
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:03:c9:e6:e0:f4
>
> ESSID:"<hidden>"
>
> PROTOCOL: ieee 802.11bg
>
> Mode: Master
>
> Channel: 11
>
> Encryption Key: off
>
> Bit Rates: 54 Mb/s
>
> Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 18 24 36 48 54
>
> Quality=100/100 Signal level=-230 dBm
>
> Extra: Last beacon: 440ms ago
>
> As you see, the wlan0 interface gets up. However the network doesn't.
>
> debian:/home/juanja# dhclient wlan0
>
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
>
> receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network is down
>
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
>
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
>
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
>
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
>
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
>
> No working leases in persistent database.
>
> Sleeping.
>
>
> Router has got DHCP on since an athlon via eth0
>
> rises the network and gets ip address fine.
>
> This seems a little tricky!!!
>
> Could someone help me?
>
> What I have found by just googling "receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network
> is down"
>
> only explains how to configure the network in "Managed" mode
> asigning step by step ip address, subnet mask and gateway.
>
> And it does not work, because when you ping to the router the message
>
> "destination host unavailable" shows. :-(
>
> Any help would be truly appreciated.
>
> Juan Javier.
First off, is the wifi network an open one or does it use encryption ? or is
there any other restriction (like MAC address based access) ?
Assigning IPs wont work until your wlan0 connects to the access point.
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