Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles

[Chris Brotherton <chris@protonlab.net>]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 10:05:04PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 07:37:11PM -0600, Chris Brotherton wrote:
> > I just recent got an old T20 and I am attempting to use Debian on it.  I am
> > using a PCMCIA orinoco wireless card.  Here is the crazy part.  The card is
> > recognized by the installer.  The installer asks me for my essid and my WEP
> > key.  After I input the information, the wireless card get its ip address over
> > dhcp and then works flawlessly.  The trouble comes when I finish the install
> > and boot the machine.  Once the machine comes up, I cannot get the wireless
> > card to work.  iwconfig shows that it has all of the correct information, but
> > it cannot get an ip address.  I have tried both 4.0r1 and a testing snapshot.
> > Both have the exact same problem.  
> > 
> > Can anyone help?  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> Do you have 'pump' or 'dhcpd' installed?
> what does 'route' show?
Neither pump nor dhcpd is installed.  

When the machine boots, all of the wireless settings (essid, wep key, etc) are
set correctly.  The dhcp client times out.  It doesn't get an ip address and
doesn't set any routes.

Thanks,
Chris.