Re: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67interval

Many Thanks for your help brian. Is this the mailing list that you are
referring to? [email protected] Also I tried using wpa_supplicant
to connect for my WPA connection but its still the same issue: No DHCPOFFERS
received

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Brian Prodoehl <[email protected]>wrote:

> You're using ath9k, so you should probably ask on an ath9k list.  Also,
> you should try using wpa_supplicant to connect.
>
> sundar mahadevan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> Greetings. I am on Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL 5.5 x86_64) same as Redhat
> 5.5. I must use OEL5.5 because of my software installation requirements.
> My
> wlan card detects my network but its just not getting ip from my router
> assigned. I use WEP now. Earlier I had WPA since it more secure and it was
> the same issue, No DHCP offers. Then i installed madwifi but still the
> same
> issue. I have spent more than 20 hours trying to get wifi working but no
> luck. Your help is highly appreciated.
>
> [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$modprobe ath_pci
> [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$dhclient ath0
> Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.5-RedHat
> Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
> All rights reserved.
> For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
>
> Listening on LPF/ath0/90:4c:e5:56:ce:14
> Sending on   LPF/ath0/90:4c:e5:56:ce:14
> Sending on   Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$
>
>
> [root@suma1 ~]$uname -a
> Linux suma1 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Mon Mar 29 22:10:29 EDT 2010 x86_64
> x86_64
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> [root@suma1 ~]$ifconfig
> ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 90:4C:E5:56:CE:14
>          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
>
> [root@suma1 ~]$ifup wlan0
> ath9k device wlan0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
>
> my router details are below:
>
> [root@suma1 ~]$iwlist ath0 scan
> ath0      Scan completed :
>          Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:3F:E1:BD:2D
>                    Channel:9
>                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
>                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=-33 dBm
>                    Encryption key:on
>                    ESSID:"suma"
>                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
>                    Bit Rates:9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                    Mode:Master
>                    Extra:tsf=0000003aaecae7ea
>                    Extra: Last beacon: 362ms ago
>                    IE: Unknown: 000473756D61
>                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
>                    IE: Unknown: 030109
>                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
>                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
>                    IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
>
> [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$cat ifcfg-ath0
> # Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
> (PCI-Express)
> DEVICE=ath0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
> HWADDR=90:4c:e5:56:ce:14
> NETMASK=
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=
> IPADDR=
> BONDING_OPTS=
> DOMAIN=
> MASTER=
> TYPE=WIRELESS
> ESSID=suma
> CHANNEL=9
> MODE=managed
> SECURITYMODE=off
> RATE=auto
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
>
> [root@suma1 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts]$cat keys-ath0
> KEY=9192078562
>
> (fake key displayed above)
>
>

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