Re: FC3 - DHCP, Wireless, etc issues - newbie
From: Steve (sschmideler_at_perfect-product.com)
Date: 03/30/05
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:58:14 -0600
Still looking for any help that can be offered on the below, I've not nailed
the issue yet with the wireless, dhcp, and encryption key problems explained
below. However, some new info is that I have now tried my wired connection -
eth0 - and dhcp to my work network if fine on it.
So the eth1 and eth1:1 are the problem childs where dhcp doesn't appear to
work and I have to use iwconfig to set the encryption key on every boot. Any
help or ideas would be appreciated!
"Steve" <sschmideler@perfect-product.com> wrote in message
news:42432663$0$3703$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
> Thanks, I put that in there because it stood out as odd to me as well. I
was
> not attempting to do anything fancy. Just was the only way I was getting
it
> working.
> Here is some more info:
>
> eth0 and eth1 are on my system. eth0 is the wired connection and I have
not
> even tried it yet. I do not really use wired at all. It is disabled at
> startup. eth1 is my wireless card. It works fine at home with Netgear
> handling DHCP but not WEP is present. At work the eth1 properties did not
> have any place for encryption keys, etc so I used the Fedora graphical
> network manager to step through adding a wireless connection which Fedora
> assigned as eth1:1. At home eth1 works fine, at work eth1 does not work at
> all, but at work the eth1:1 does work except that I need to have a fixed
IP
> instead of dhcp and it does not retain the encryption key on power down or
> restart. Not intentionally trying to do anything fancy with the eth1:1,
just
> when editing the cfg files did nothing for me I used the graphical
interface
> and that is what it generated. Does this make sense?
>
> Here are my current eth configs. They work but give me two issues: (1) I
> need to be DHCP not fixed and (2) I have to iwconfig the encrpytion key in
> as root everytime I reboot. There is also a keys-eth1 and keys-eth1:1 on
my
> system that I did not post below, they simply contain one line that says
> KEY=s:xxxxx where the x's are my proper encryption key.
>
> ifcfg-eth1
> DEVICE=eth1
> USERCTL=yes
> ONBOOT=yes
> BOOTPROT=dhcp
> TYPE=Ethernet
> PEERDNS=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PERSISTEN_DHCLIENT=yes
>
> ifcfg-eth1:1
> TYPE=Wireless
> DEVICE=eth1:1
> HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> BOOTPROTO=none (I want this to be dhcp,but this is what doesn't work)
> #PERSISTEN_DHCLIENT=yes (tried in conjunction with line above and tried
with
> and without this line)
> DHCP_HOSTNAME=
> USERCTL=yes
> ONBOOT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> IPV6INIT=no
> ESSID=APNAME
> CHANNEL=2
> MODE=Managed
> RATE=Auto
> IPADDR=10.0.1.200 (I want to eliminate this and use DHCP)
> DOMAIN=
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> GATEWAY=10.0.1.10
>
> I've tried a bunch of variations in the config files and using the
> graphical config and most everything I tried came from the resources here:
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html . I've
> also tried things with the keys file such as adding and changing to
> dot11PrivacyInvoked=true and dot11WEPDefaultKey2=xxxxxxxx. I've tried
> changing the ifcfg-eth1 file to contain the parameters found in the eth1:1
> file and then eliminating the eth1:1 but no good there either.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> "Allen McIntosh" <nospam@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
> news:t6q0e.1754$4E2.770@fe12.lga...
> >
> > > when I change the eth1:1
> > This jumped out at me. What are you trying to do? Start with one IP
> > address per interface, and don't try to do anything fancy until you get
> > that working.
> >
> > > 2) Once I solve the DHCP issue the second problem I run into is when I
> > > reboot - I seem to lose the encryption key and have to re-apply it
with
> > > iwconfig or I get no connection. This is annoying because I log in as
> root
> > > to set the iwconfig key then have to logout and login as myself.
> > > Additionally, I will be on networks that different or no encryption.
> When
> > > operating with a fixed IP address, the fixed ip sticks between
reboots,
> but
> > > nothing works until I use iwconfig to set the encryption again.
> > Yes. This stuff should be in a config file somewhere. Unfortunately I
> > don't know where the mystical magical GUI puts things.
> >
> > > Can anyone offer any help on these items? What other info would be
> helpful
> > > to know?
> > Contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth*
>
>
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