dhcpcd not working?

[LAG] Prude · 03-21-2005, 05:36 PM

I have been trying to get my wireless working, i finally got all my drivers and firmware etc installed. correctly i hope. anyways i run the command
iwlist eth0 scan and find all avaliable access points. but how do i connect to these? i thought you just iwconfig eth0 essid name of essid to connect tothen run dhcpcd to obtain the ip and all that good stuff, but when i run dhcpcd it dosent seem to do anything. for example, im logged into root and i can see linux:/home/lappy # then the cursor. when i run the command it just moves down a line and i can not see anything.

like this

linux:/home/lappy # /sbin/dhcpcd
|

where "|" is just the cusor.

is this normal, any help would be greatly appriciated. Oh, and i have the dhcp daemon installed

calcon · 03-21-2005, 05:38 PM

Have you actually tried to see if you are on the internet?
Like opened a browser?
When I run dhcpcd wlan0 up, I get no output, just another line, and I am on the internet.

Sorry if I sounded mean there.

calcon

EDIT:
This how I connect after I've loaded the ndiswrapper module (I use ndiswrapper)

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 essid youressid
dhcpcd wlan0 up

[LAG] Prude · 03-21-2005, 05:44 PM

you didnt sound mean, and yes i have tried to get on the internet. and alas it has not worked. does it take some time to obtain the ip and such from the server? maybe im just not waiting long enough. I'll was entering dhcpcd eth0, ill try it with "up" next time im where i can get wireless. thanks

calcon · 03-21-2005, 05:52 PM

Ok.

Are you using ndiswrapper or what?

[LAG] Prude · 03-21-2005, 05:54 PM

no, im using the ipw2200 module

calcon · 03-21-2005, 06:24 PM

Oh. (Never heard of it though)

Ok, whatever.

calcon

short101 · 03-21-2005, 06:44 PM

try
ifup eth0
iwconfig eth0 essid "whatever"
iwconfig channel ?
iwconfig dhcp

ignorant_savant · 03-24-2005, 01:00 AM

The quick and dirty way of obtaining an IP address is this:

Code:

#dhcpcd eth0 start

I'm assuming the following:
your wireless interface is called eth0
dhcpcd has not been started before, if wrong substitute restart for start.

Your wireless interface will show on the ifconfig command when your successful.