DHCPclient issues with wireless
Nathan Butcher
n-butcher at fusiongol.com
Thu Dec 27 18:33:56 PST 2007
> What does 'ifconfig ural0' show before you issue 'dhcpclient ural0'?
>
> Does it show that ural0 is associated with your access point?
>
> If it doesn't show that you are associated, does a 'ifconfig ural0
> ssid <ssid of AP>' before the dhcpclient allow you to get an IP
> address?
Actually, on closer inspection, I realised that my ural0 device was not
being brought up upon booting the system. Strange because it always had
been in the past.
A simple "ifconfig ural0 up" brought it up, after which dhcpclient
worked as it always had.
Sorry for the noise.
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