Netcfg breaks wireless dhcp?

multiphrenic · 2011-08-13 01:29:21

I'm using the brcmsmac module in 3.0 and have been able to connect to the wireless network fine using wpa_supplicant. I've been using a manual method to connect so I thought I would move to netcfg. I installed netcfg through pacman and am using the following config file in /etc/network.d/wireless

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa'
ESSID='biteynet'
KEY='myawesomepassword''
IP='dhcp'
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
#HIDDEN=yes

I also updated /etc/rc.conf to remove network and add netcfg to my daemons and add the line

NETWORKS=(wireless)

The wireless connects fine initially when I run netcfg wireless, but am having problems maintaining an IP address. I receive the ip address according to dhcpcd but lose it immediately. Even running dhcpcd manually does not solve the problem. I've tried running dhcpcd --nohook mtu but that didn't help either

Aug 12 20:17:24 localhost dhcpcd[810]: version 5.2.12 starting
Aug 12 20:17:24 localhost dhcpcd[810]: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.104
Aug 12 20:17:24 localhost dhcpcd[810]: wlan0: acknowledged 192.168.1.104 from 192.168.1.1
Aug 12 20:17:24 localhost dhcpcd[810]: wlan0: checking for 192.168.1.104
Aug 12 20:17:29 localhost dhcpcd[810]: wlan0: leased 192.168.1.104 for 86400 seconds
Aug 12 20:17:29 localhost dhcpcd[810]: forked to background, child pid 833
Aug 12 20:17:42 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: carrier lost
Aug 12 20:17:42 localhost kernel: [   59.064218] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
Aug 12 20:17:43 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: carrier acquired
Aug 12 20:17:43 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.104
Aug 12 20:17:53 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Aug 12 20:17:53 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: carrier lost
Aug 12 20:17:53 localhost kernel: [   70.164055] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Aug 12 20:17:54 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: carrier acquired
Aug 12 20:17:54 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.104
Aug 12 20:18:04 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Aug 12 20:18:04 localhost dhcpcd[833]: wlan0: carrier lost
Aug 12 20:18:04 localhost kernel: [   81.303433] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain

Removing netcfg from my daemons and using wpa_supplicant continue to work fine.
Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by multiphrenic (2011-08-13 01:30:26)

karol · 2011-08-13 10:07:21

There are some bugs wrt netcfg
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25473
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25476

multiphrenic · 2011-08-13 13:22:25

Thanks..I'll report mine as well

gavcos · 2011-08-15 17:20:26

I am facing the exact same issue, could you post the bug that you created please?

karol · 2011-08-15 17:23:56

It probably was https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25552

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#1 2011-08-13 01:29:21

Netcfg breaks wireless dhcp?

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Re: Netcfg breaks wireless dhcp?

#3 2011-08-13 13:22:25

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#4 2011-08-15 17:20:26

Re: Netcfg breaks wireless dhcp?

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