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RocketLauncher

Member

Registered: 2009-12-29

Posts: 19

[SOLVED] dhcpcd: timed out

I want to install Arch using wifi. I'm trying to connect to my WPA network before I even begin.

I did this (with my own network and passphrase in place)

wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase"
wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ifconfig wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf 
dhcpcd wlan0

And got:

dhcpcd: version 5.2.2 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: timed out

What's wrong?

EDIT: Long story. Wrong key

Last edited by RocketLauncher (2010-07-21 09:36:10)

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] dhcpcd: timed out

Increase the timeout to e.g. '-t 100'. Read the manpage for details.

hokasch

Member

Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 1,461

Re: [SOLVED] dhcpcd: timed out

Before starting dhcpd, make sure you are connected - run wpa_supplicant without the -B switch to check for errors.