wireless woes

[Christoph Georgi]

Charles Malespin wrote:
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> 
> ######### tHis is my ifup ##############
> malespin at malespin:~$ sudo ifup wlan0
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1
> Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
> 
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:90:4b:cd:e5:d6
> Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:90:4b:cd:e5:d6
> Sending on   Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
> DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> 

Your AP doesn't give you an IP. Could you please post the output of '$ 
iwlist scan' to see whether your wlan card is able to see your AP? 
Similarly, check whether the AP see's your card (in its log files).

christoph

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