Re: "receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network is down", "No DHCPOFFERS received."
On Sunday 12 November 2006 12:17 am, juanjavier wrote:
> >Did you set the ESSID with iwconfig?
>
> Hi, Florian! Yes, I did. I typed iwconfig wlan0 essid "Juanja". Doesn't get
> an ip.
>
> >The output of "iwlist wlan0 scan"
> >in your first message showed that your access point hides its ESSID.
>
> Yes, it does. `Invalid' is the right word.
>
> >I
> >think this means that it will only accept connections from clients which
> >know the secret ESSID before they connect.
>
> Yes, it seems so. I do `iwconfig wlan0 essid "Juanja" and then
> `dhclient wlan0'. The subject message appears :-(
>
> >Also, check the output of "iwconfig wlan0": Is the ESSID set correctly,
> >does it display the MAC address of the right access point?
>
> debian:~# iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4310"
> Mode:Managed Frequency=2.484 Ghz Access Point: Invalid
> Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=19 dBm
> RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalidmisc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> >If the above is all OK then it might be a problem with dhclient. There
> >are two DHCP client packages in Debian, "dhcp-client" and
> >"dhcp3-client". Make sure to try it with both of them.
>
> I apt-get installed dhcp3-client. How do I invoke it?
>
> >--
> >Regards,
> > Florian
>
> Cheers and thanks for helping,
>
> Junjavier
The easier and far less troublesome method for broadcom 43xx is to use
ndiswrapper.
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