Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #5611

From:	"Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	[OS2Wireless] Lazy DHCP response over Wi-Fi: solved, I think
Date:	Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:09:02 -0400
To:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

For those of you experiencing difficulty getting DHCP configuration over the Wi-Fi link (particularly using XWLAN), I think I may have found my trouble. In my dhcpcd.cfg, I had the following logging options enabled: numLogFiles 4 logFileSize 100 logFileName dhcpcd.log logItem SYSERR logItem OBJERR logItem PROTERR logItem WARNING logItem EVENT logItem ACTION logItem INFO logItem ACNTING logItem TRACE I must have turned these all on for some troubleshooting many, many moons ago. After turning them all off (prefix with a "#"), and turning off the following options I had set: option 12 Apollo option 3 option 6 option 15 I was able to boot and immediately get an IP (no routing or DNS info, but those are related to options 3 and 6). I turned on all my options with the exception of 15 (not sure I really need it), and things still work, even after a reboot (not just a reconfiguration from XWLAN). This could be a GenMAC thing or an XWLAN thing (my wired interface is a Broadcom, and I use the native OS/2 driver for it; I'm not sure whether it would produce the same difficulty under GenMAC). Prior to this, I would just open a window and call NICOFF.CMD to constantly restart DHCPCD until I picked up an address (usually two or three times). This behavior was consistent between AP's, too. I'm interested to hear if anyone else with the same difficulties can roll back to a "stock" dhcpcd.cfg and confirm my findings. Hope to see you *all* at Warpstock in a couple weeks!!!! -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <os2-wireless_users-off@2rosenthals.com> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <os2-wireless_users-digest@2rosenthals.com> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <os2-wireless_users-index@2rosenthals.com> Send administrative queries to <os2-wireless_users-request@2rosenthals.com> To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: <os2-wireless_users-on@2rosenthals.com> and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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