DHCP timeout for WPA-encrypted WLAN network

[Steve0 Grobler]

Yeah lucky for me my netbook only moves between work and home and my mac
address is added on both the routers. So im sorted. (for now anyway)

btw, found a nice clear cut tutorial on using the wpa_supplicant to connect
using WPA or WPA2 that you might find useful!

http://www.lipasys.de/docu/de/wlanlinux

Network managers usually just supply a gui for the iwconfig ifconfig and
wpa_supplicant setup and automates the process bringing interfaces online or
take them offline, some better than others though. iwconfig is a very useful
command for setting wlan settings. its basically ifconfig but only for
interfaces with wireless extensions and some added wireless specific
settings. You can setup a wireless connection using WEP by only using
iwconfig with no wpa_supplicant as far as i know.

2009/9/11 Wolfgang Jeltsch <4cqncnl7 at acme.softbase.org>

> Am Freitag, 11. September 2009 14:06:59 schrieb Steve0 Grobler:
> > when using wicd does the same thing happen when you use a static ip? if
> not
> > i would say that the problem is either your dhcp server(running on router
> > or on a seperate pc) that's not set up correctly or much more likely it
> > will be that your dhclient is messed up for some reason, but this will
> also
> > indicate that the problem is not neceassarily wicd specific.
>
> But wicd behaves differently from Network Manager, although they use the
> same
> dhclient. Network Manager connects to the unencrypted network (including
> DHCP)
> while wicd failes to connect.
>
> > I had issues at home where my dhclient would timeout some of the times
> > before a response could be received.
>
> With Network Manager, dhclient does not time out but is killed by Network
> Manager after 45 seconds.
>
> > what i did was i added my wireless cards mac adddress to my routers' dhcp
> > iptable with a hardcoded ip address assigned to that mac address. That
> > worked fine for me, but with todays technologies you never know!
>
> I can try this, thanks for the tip. However, this won’t help me when I’m on
> the road and want to access some semi-public WLAN. :-(
>
> Best wishes,
> Wolfgang
>
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