Netcfg WirelesLAN gives error "DHCP IP lease attempt failed" [SOLVED]

Question

i couldn't find a solution for this on the forums, though it seems to be a well known problem ...
the drivers for my network device eth1 (zd1211) are installed and it is detected by iwconfig after a fresh arch install.
the file WirelessLAN is set up like this:
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=eth1
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="..."
KEY="..."
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20
but a netcfg2 WirelessLAN gives me:
:: WirelessLAN up                                                               [BUSY]
DHCP IP lease attempt failed                                               [FAIL]
any ideas ???
Last edited by fdrebin (2008-09-28 16:13:20)

Answer 1

Hi.
I got the same problem since dhcpd was updated during the last full-system-upgrade (-Suy).
My profile is the following:
CONNECTION="ethernet"
DESCRIPTION="..."
INTERFACE=ra0
IP="dhcp"
DHCP_TIMEOUT="30"
PRE_UP="ifconfig ra0 up; iwconfig ra0 essid Ranger channel 9 mode managed"
I know that this config is very ugly, but it worked.
I have got another config, that may look better for you, but I don't know if it works. I created it today. If I try this new profile, I get the same error.
In the past configs like this led to other errors. So I made the ugly config above.
CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="..."
INTERFACE=ra0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="none"
ESSID="Ranger"
IP="dhcp"
DHCP_TIMEOUT=30
Do you have any hints, how I can get more a detailed error report. Downgrading dhcpd would be a good idea, too. Any hints for that?
Thanks for your help.
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