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

fdrebin · 2008-09-27 16:43:01

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)

theringmaster · 2008-09-27 16:47:30

you sure that the device isn't wlan0 instead?

fdrebin · 2008-09-27 20:03:19

ok i reinstalled arch using the newest iso and everything works fine !!!

Last edited by fdrebin (2008-09-28 16:13:54)

SLKDK · 2008-10-14 13:07:03

I have the same problem now.. Just upgrade Arch (pacman -Syyu). netcfg has always worked with my profiles, but now I get the same error:

DHCP IP lease attempt failed

I don't wanna reinstall as fdrebin did ;o)

Any help??

My profile:

CONNECTION=wireless
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN=yes
SECURITY=wpa
ESSID=vv25
KEY=PASSWORD (like: 12345678)
IP=dhcp
TIMEOUT=20

theringmaster · 2008-10-14 13:22:45

The key is supposed to have single quotes around it, I do believe. You can check with the netcfg wiki to make sure.

uastasi · 2008-10-24 09:47:46

Try to increase DHCP_TIMEOUT from 10 to a bigger value. It worked for me.

ghaad · 2009-01-25 18:30:09

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Last edited by ghaad (2009-01-25 18:32:43)

alphasix · 2009-02-23 23:09:57

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.
Alpha

iphitus · 2009-02-23 23:49:44

ok, a few things....

dhcpd doesn't affect anything, that's the server version, I think you meant dhcpcd

alphasix: For your config, you could try the preessid quirk. Add QUIRKS=(preessid)

That's a temporary workaround though, I'd like to workout what's causing this. Try downgrading one by one your kernel, wireless driver (if it's separate from the kernel) and dhcpcd and see if any of them fix the situation.

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

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Re: netcfg WirelesLAN gives error "DHCP IP lease attempt failed" [SOLVED]

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Re: netcfg WirelesLAN gives error "DHCP IP lease attempt failed" [SOLVED]

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Re: netcfg WirelesLAN gives error "DHCP IP lease attempt failed" [SOLVED]

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Re: netcfg WirelesLAN gives error "DHCP IP lease attempt failed" [SOLVED]

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