Re: dhcp client wifi setup

[thierry <tchatelet@free.fr>]

Richard Lyons wrote:

> I am obviously missing the obvious here.  An IBM Thinkpad, sid, orinoco
> wifi card talks to the Netgear DG834G router when security is disabled,
> but when I turn WEP on it doesn't connect.  
>
> /etc/network/interfaces has 
>
>    iface eth0 inet dhcp
>    wireless-essid Coigxxxxxxxx
>    wireless-key xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx
>
> But ifup eth0 gives
>
>    etho: New link status: Connected (0001)
>    Listening on LPF/eth0/00:02:2d:a6:07:bb
>    Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:02:2d:a6:07:bb
>    DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
>    ...more similar...
>    No DHCPOFFERS received.
>    No working leases in persistent database.
>
>    Exiting.
>
>    Failed to bring up eth0.
>
> Which tells me I left something out.  But what?
>
> Help me someone?
>  
You can also look in /etc/network/interfaces if you have the setup for 
your wlan. Edit it as per the goob man page.
Good luck
Thierry