Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP on my wireless card
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:55:19
Message-Id: 200706012045.04409.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] DHCP on my wireless card by Alex Prinsier
1 On Friday 01 June 2007 19:28, Alex Prinsier wrote:
2 > Randy Barlow wrote:
3 > > lappy786 ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
4 > > * Starting eth1
5 > > * Starting wpa_supplicant on eth1 ...
6 > > [ok] * Starting wpa_cli on eth1 ...
7 > > [ok] * Backgrounding ...
8 > >
9 > > However, it seems to get stuck somewhere in the backgrounded stage
10 > > because the interface doesn't come up and I don't get an IP address.
11 >
12 > How sure are you that wpa_supplicant is able to connect to your access
13 > point? It can only do ip stuff (like acquiring an ip) once it's
14 > connected (associated) to your ap.
15 >
16 > Run wpa_gui to verify.
17
18 Somebody re-emerged wpa_supplicant earlier today and fixed his problem (second
19 time round) - did you try it at all?
20
21 --
22 Regards,
23 Mick