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gnutz

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Registered: 2010-02-18

Posts: 2

dhcpcd doesn't stay connected

I've been having trouble keeping wlan connections going with dhcpcd 5.1.5-1. I can connect my to the wireless AP and establish an IP address, but it only lasts as long as I maintain a flow of traffic on the connection. As soon as I switch applications, for example, from package manager to web browser, the connection goes dead.

Here are the applicable files and program outputs.  If someone could please help me to get this fixed I would greatly appreciate it.

route:

Destination           Gateway           Genmask            Flags         Metric      Ref      Use     Iface
192.168.1.0 *            255.255.255.0     *                U            303         0             0     wlan0
default                  192.168.1.1       0.0.0.0           UG            303         0             0     wlan0

dmesg:

ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
. . .
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:0c:41:89:cc:1a (try 1)
wlan0: direct probe responded
wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:0c:41:89:cc:1a
wlan0: authenticated
wlan0: associate with AP AP 00:0c:41:89:cc:1a (try 1)
wlan0: RX AssocResp from AP 00:0c:41:89:cc:1a (capab=0x15 status=0 aid=15)
wlan0: associated
No probe response from AP AP 00:0c:41:89:cc:1a after 500ms, disconnecting.
ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo

/etc/resolv.conf:

# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
# /etc resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

/etc/conf.d/dhcpcd:

DHCPCD_ARGS="-q --nohook resolv.conf"

(Suggested in another post. Doesn't work with this or the default.)

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: dhcpcd doesn't stay connected

I had also problems with dhcpcd and then switched to networkmanager. Now everything works.

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,229

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Re: dhcpcd doesn't stay connected

that probably is because networkmanager is using dhclient instead of dhcpcd.

To the OP: some people have problems with dhcpcd and after switching to dhclient, those problems go away. I was one of them.

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: dhcpcd doesn't stay connected

that probably is because networkmanager is using dhclient instead of dhcpcd.

To the OP: some people have problems with dhcpcd and after switching to dhclient, those problems go away. I was one of them.

Me too, here. I don't know why dhclient run at the first time, but dhcpcd doesn't.

gnutz

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Registered: 2010-02-18

Posts: 2

Re: dhcpcd doesn't stay connected

Awesome. I will try with dhclient and see if this fixes the problem.

***Upadate***

Problem persists even with dhclient.

Last edited by gnutz (2010-02-25 01:40:37)