Laptop / wifi issues
Lenovo Thinkpad T520i.
Wireless controller: 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation
Centrino Wireless-N 1000
I can see and get a wireless connection (usually via wicd-cli), but
dhclient fails to get an IP address:
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"RIGHTSCALE"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0E:83:67:74:B0
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:2 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
OK, I lied. Just now trying to prove this wouldn't work:
# dhclient -v wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1
Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/wlan0/8c:a9:82:7a:92:2a
Sending on LPF/wlan0/8c:a9:82:7a:92:2a
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPOFFER from 10.36.0.1
DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.36.0.1
bound to 10.36.7.178 -- renewal in 4135 seconds.
However ... wicd-cli failed to get a DHCP lease earlier.
I'll investigate further and follow up.
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Dr. Ed Morbius
Chief Scientist / Philologist / Robot Wrangler / Powerplant Operator
Krell Power Systems Unlimited
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