wireless dhcp

sci3ntist · 11-30-2007, 05:55 PM

Hi
i got a toshiba laptop with a wirless card intel pro 3945abg, with Debian etch, and i configured my laptop as a dhcp client but nothing is working, interface requests for an ip via dhcp and it gets nothing although my configurations are correct, it didnt work even when i configured it with a static ip.
thanks

Dutch Master · 12-01-2007, 09:24 AM

1) are you sure wireless works? To check, install the wireless-tools package and use iwconfig to determine if your wireless is actually working.
2) can you ping the dhcp server?
3) if 2) works, can you ping an address on the internet?

Install the gnome-nettool package so you can ping from a GUI. If you want to use a terminal, use the -c flag. Otherwise ping carries on pinging indefinitely.

Code:

ping -c 5 64.233.167.99

This pings a Google server 5 times.

operator10001 · 12-01-2007, 01:46 PM

crap like this is part of why i hate toshiba.

Dutch Master · 12-01-2007, 07:37 PM

Sometimes people don't have the luxury of choosing a vendor, particularly if an employer is involved...

Telemachos · 12-01-2007, 09:55 PM

Crap like that is why I hate employers...

operator10001 · 12-02-2007, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telemachos

Crap like that is why I hate employers...

how do you use the wireless without the wrapper?

Telemachos · 12-02-2007, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by operator10001

how do you use the wireless without the wrapper?

I used bcm43xx-fwcutter for my current laptop, and I used to use ipw2100 for the old one. You don't always need ndiswrapper.

jschiwal · 12-02-2007, 12:31 PM

This site might help if what you have is a driver problem. http://intellinuxwireless.org/
There are three phases to configuring wireless
device setup --> encryption setup --> network setup.

Wpa_supplicant needs to authenticate with the network before it is possible to get an IP address, nameserver addresses & gateway address from the dhcp server. In order to do that, the device needs to work.

If you run "sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan" do you see a list of access points. If you do, the device is working. If not go back to the device setup.