Re: Belkin PCI wireless card not working

Ian Briggs wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:22:03 +0000, Robert Harris wrote:

I suspect that your pre-up's are sending "ifup ra0" into a loop. You don't need them.

I've tried taking out the up/downs and the wireless-essid but I get "No
DHCPOFFERS received."

auto ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp
wireless_essid default
wireless_key <key>

I replace these with my own essid and wpa-psk key, yes?

Yes for essid. But, just a minute - I'm not sure that the driver supports WPA. Try WEP instead! (reconfigure the key in the router)


wireless_channel 6


Is this the channel specified in the router's setup?

Yes


wireless_ap 00:0F:3D:37:97:00

Is this the router's MAC? (Mine lists two in its setup: ADSL and LAN. Which should I use?)

It's the PC's wireless card's MAC. But I don't think you need it.


wireless_mode Managed

I tried this config using the ADSL MAC and got "No DHCPOFFERS received."

Another thing: how is your kernel routing table once ra0 is up? (netstat
-r tells you). The magic is done by a script in
/var/lib//etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script

Using the original interfaces config -- which doesn't work but does get as
far as binding to an IP address -- I get:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
xxx.yyy.z.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ra0
default xxx.yyy.z.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ra0

That is perfect. "ifconfig ra0" should tell you if it is exchanging packets OK.

Robert


If the table is bad, it could be that the router has not sent your
machine enough stuff in its dhcp responses. The response on my machine
is in a file: /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.ra0.leases

I only have dhclient.leases, which has two entries for interface "eth0".

Ian

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