help with wep and ipw2200

[agentblue]

hello everyone i have been having trouble getting wep to work with ipw2200 driver.if anyone got it working and you had to do anything special let me know.also could you please post you /etc/conf.d/wireless.thanxs a bunch0r.
-agentblue

[Big Jim Slade]

Well, not an ipw2200 here, but I do use a wep key. Here's a look at my /etc/conf.d/wireless

[Archangel1]

My ipw2200 comes up as eth1, not wlan0, so you'll probably need to make that change.

Set up /etc/conf.d/net normally - just set it to dhcp, and it's helpful (but not really important) if you set a shorter dhcp timeout.

/etc/conf.d/wireless is pretty straightforward too.

[agentblue]

ive gotten it all the way untill its says running dhcpcd but i am unable to get an address. any ideas?

[Big Jim Slade]

What do your /etc/conf.d/wireless and /etc/conf.d/net look like now? Also, how long are you letting it wait for an IP? In my experience, it usually takes a while to get an IP either the first time or when switching networks... hence the reason for my 60 second timeout (10 seconds didn't cut it).

[agentblue]

here is my /etc/conf.d/wireless:

essid_eth2="any"
mode_eth2="auto"
key_rfb0x="E13E-6D32-AA94-3D43-6828-D024-8E"
preferred_aps=("rfb0x")
udhcp_eth2="-t 60"

here is my /etc/conf.d/net:

############MY NET CONF################
#for static IP#
#iface_eth0="192.168.0.110 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#iface_eth2="192.168.1.111 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#dhcp settings#
iface_eth0="dhcp"
iface_eth2="dhcp"
udhcp_eth0="..."
udhcp_eth2="..."

#Gateway settings#
gateway="192.168.1.1"

also here is my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6:

ipw2200 led=1
ieee80211_crypt_wep

I am unsure what the problem is. i have switched dhcp clients from dhcpcd to pump to udhcp and they all will not connect.i have gotten also upgraded the firmware on my router and emerged the latest ipw2200 driver and firmware.
the only clue i have is the output at the end of udhcp when i /etc/init.d/net.eth2 start this is what it says:
* Starting eth2
* Loading networking modules for eth2
* modules: iwconfig essidnet iptunnel ifconfig udhcpc apipa
* iwconfig provides wireless
* ifconfig provides interface
* udhcpc provides dhcp
* Configuring wireless network for eth2
* Connecting to "any" (WEP Disabled) ... [ ok ] * Connecting to "FUCKWITHME" (WEP enabled - open) ... [ ok ] * eth2 connected to "FUCKWITHME" at 00:14:BF:02:FC:A6
* in managed mode (WEP enabled - open)
* Configuring eth2 for "FUCKWITHME" ... [ ok ] * Bringing up eth2
* dhcp
* Running udhcpc ...
* udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
deconfig
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
leasefail
No lease, failing.

any help help here would be great.
thanxs
-agentblue

[agentblue]

sorry about the essid name thought i changed that guess i didnt in the second part of the post my apologiez if anyone was offended its sort of a warning for sniff0rs hehe.

[Big Jim Slade]

The only thing that looks off to me are the two eth2 lines in the /etc/conf.d/net file. As you already have the udhcp_eth2="-t 60" line in /etc/conf.d/wireless you don't need to call dhcp again in net. It may just be redundant, but it may be conflicting or something as well... try removing these lines from /etc/conf.d/net.

Also, after you run /etc/init.d/net.eth2 start have you checked iwconfig just to verify that it is authenticating the WEP key and bringing up the interface to the point where it is ready able to receive an IP address? If so, can you manually run udhcp to obtain an address?

Come to think of it.. have you tried bringing up the interface manually?

[agentblue]

Guess my router doesnt like new devices because rebooting the router fixed the problem.Thanxs!