Re: my router hates me [SUCCESS]

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Craig White wrote: > There are many forms of WPA but I think you are referring to WPA-PSK > which is a 'pre-shared key' system. You put the pre-shared key into the > 'access point/router' and also provide the same pre-shared key to > whatever computer is trying to connect. WPA

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
Try: iwconfig eth1 essid lynksys That should work... Then type: iwconfig Alone. You should see something like: r...@travelair:~# iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"visionwisp11"

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
>> I know a bit more about networking than when I started. I think we are all learning... :) ET Robert Holtzman writes: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: > >> BTW... >> You seem to have the router configured for WPA. >> WPA won't work without some serious tinkering an

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
I would reduce the system to minimum complexity until we know that the pieces work. If you don't have a link (in this case association) you can't grab an IP address. If you don't grab an IP address (or assign one on the appropriate subnet after a "link" is detected), you won't talk to anyone.

RE: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Bob Elzer
What do you mean "Run of the Mill" Mine has blinking lights and an antenna. :-) -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Michael Butash Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:43 PM To: Main PLUG

RE: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Michael Butash
Bob is right, you don't need a radius server to run WPA/WPA2. Most of your generic run o' the mill routers do PSK, preshare keys as other members have stated. This is fine for most any consumer. This is documented typically as WPA[2]-PSK. If you have you ask what radius is, you don't ne

RE: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Bob Elzer
I have a D-Link DI624, I am running WPA2 with AES and PSK. And I don't have a radius server. It works fine. -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 13:14 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: > > > BTW... > > You seem to have the router configured for WPA. > > WPA won't work without some serious tinkering and some other resources, like > > servers and all sort of ugly stuff.

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: > BTW... > You seem to have the router configured for WPA. > WPA won't work without some serious tinkering and some other resources, like > servers and all sort of ugly stuff. > That may be the source of your problem. > Turn it off. I haven't se

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: >>> That's "essid", not "eesid" > Yep... > I screwed up. > Imagine that... :) I think that was my typo, not yours. In either event the return is: unknown command "linksys" > dhclient eth1 > won't work because you haven't associated with anyt

Re: my router hates me

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Eric Cope wrote: > do you have another computer to try and connect wirelessly? Your router's > wireless adapter could have met its maker... The more I think about it the more plausible that sounds, in as much as I had wireless working for a few days and suddenly lost the con