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Sofflock

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 24

iwconfig wlan1 dhcpcd:timed out

hi,

I manage to connect to my wifi using

iwconfig wlan1 essid "mywlan" key 1234567890

then iwconfig wlan1 gives me:

wlan1          IEEE 802.11bg    ESSID: "mywlan"
                  Mode:Manager   Access Point: Not-Associated     Tx-Power=20  dBm
                  Retry  long  limit:7     RTS  thr:off     Fragment     thr:off
                  Encrytion key:1234-5678-90
                  Power Management:off

dhcpcd wlan1
dhcpcd: version 5.2.2 starting
dhcpcd: wlan1: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd: timed out

Im using a Adla Awus036h wifi dongel.

what obvius thing am i missing?

Cheers
Soff

Last edited by Sofflock (2010-11-19 17:08:44)

hexanol

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From: Canaduh

Registered: 2009-08-04

Posts: 95

Re: iwconfig wlan1 dhcpcd:timed out

"Access Point: Not-Associated" means that you are not associated ("connected") to a wireless network.

dhcpcd is not working because there's no wireless connection established.

Snowknight

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Registered: 2009-06-11

Posts: 55

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Re: iwconfig wlan1 dhcpcd:timed out

Make sure you bring up the interface with ifconfig before you run dhcpcd.
Try:

# ifconfig wlan1 up

And then run dhcpcd on that interface.

Sofflock

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 24

Re: iwconfig wlan1 dhcpcd:timed out

Make sure you bring up the interface with ifconfig before you run dhcpcd.
Try:

# ifconfig wlan1 up

And then run dhcpcd on that interface.

should i run

#ifconfig wlan1 up

just before i run dhcpcd? Becuse ive followed the wireless guide on the wiki without luck.

I get the feeling i am just missing something stupid tbh.

Tnx for your answers!