no ip address using wireless nic

alexraw · 09-02-2007, 11:54 PM

unable to receive ip address using:
1) eth1; device=cisco systems, 350 series wireless lan adapter;
2) ifstatus eth1: configuratiion=wlan-bus-pcmcia dhcpcd running; eth1: no ip address assigned (DHCP)
3) computer using: laptop=ibm thinkpad,pentium iii,
4) os=suse 9
5) server os=windows xp
6) recently took laptop to panera bread and had no problem connecting to the internet.

scheidel21 · 09-03-2007, 01:04 PM

Maybe the network you're trying to connect to has no dhcp server?

osor · 09-04-2007, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scheidel21

Maybe the network you're trying to connect to has no dhcp server?

Or maybe it has MAC-based filtering turned on, and you forgot to register your MAC with it.

scheidel21 · 09-04-2007, 08:36 PM

Can you get an assigned address if you manually run dhclient or whatever the cammand would be in SUSE?