Re: wifi obtaining IP address
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 11:54:30PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:42:24 -0700
> Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com> wrote:
>
> > On 07/06/2010 08:28 PM, Celejar wrote:
> > > On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:59:11 -0700
> > > Paul Scott<waterhorse@ultrasw.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Okay, the card reports that it's connected. What's the output of 'iwconfig eth2'?
> >
> > iwconfig:
> >
> > eth2 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"bliss"
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: None
> > Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/0
> > Retry limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> > Encryption key:off
> > Power Management:off
> > Link Quality=80/70 Signal level=-22 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> I can't be sure, since different drivers behave differently, and I have
> no experience with the Orinoco / Hermes, but generally, this means that
> the card isn't associated with the AP. When it is, you should see
> "Acess Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", with the hex digits of the AP's
> address.
>
> We need to figure out why the card isn't associating. Are you using
> WEP/WPA?
Not at this point. (That's another story)
> > and ifconfig:
> >
> > eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2d:1e:db:1f
> > inet6 addr: fe80::202:2dff:fe1e:db1f/64 Scope:Link
> > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:1 errors:60 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:16555 (16.1 KiB)
> > Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
>
> ifconfig doesn't matter here, since the problem is with the wireless
> association.
It will when we get an IP address. Any idea why we get an IPv6 address?
Thanks,
Paul
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