"Darren Albers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also you need to make sure Network-Manager is stopped, if this is Ubuntu do: > sudo /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager stop
Done > Then bring up the interface with ifup eth1 (or eth0 etc..) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ifup eth1 Ignoring unknown interface eth1=eth1. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces # insert lines for eth1 using dhcp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ifup eth1 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Listening on LPF/eth1/00:13:02:87:6a:e5 Sending on LPF/eth1/00:13:02:87:6a:e5 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. >> Here is the wpa_supplicant.conf that I used in the past for WPA_PSK: >> >> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant >> ctrl_interface_group=0 >> eapol_version=1 >> ap_scan=2 >> fast_reauth=1 >> network={ >> ssid="Enteryour SSID Here" >> proto=WPA >> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK >> pairwise=TKIP >> group=TKIP >> psk=enteryourkeyhere >> } >> >> >> Then to bring up wpa do this: >> wpa_supplicant -d -c/path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf -ieth1 -Dwext >> >> You need to change to enter the path to wpa_supplicant.conf above and >> make sure that -i points to the right interface eth1 or eth0 etc... Once I realized that for DHCP to work, I needed to start wpa_supplicant *while* ifup was trying to do its thing, everything worked. Connecting to the wireless LAN that way is essentially instantaneous (maybe 1-2 seconds) and reliable AFAICT. So what next? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
