On 27 Apr 2011, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 26 apr 11, 16:11:40, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have this stanza in /etc/network/interfaces: > > > > auto eth1 > > iface eth1 inet dhcp > > wireless-mode managed > > wireless-essid 'My ESSID' > > > > At the end of booting, the system tries to connect to the wireless point > > but after repeated attempts it reports that no DHCP offers are found. > > I then do: > > sudo ifdown eth1 && sudo ifup eth1 > > > > and the wirless link comes up at once. > > Anything interesting in the logs? > > Regards, > Andrei
Nothing in the logs apart from an entry saying the router doesn't do IPV6. Isc-dhcp-client was already installed automatically by Squeeze. I tried wicd (and python-urwid), but although it could find the wireless point it would not connect to it. I then had to purge obsessively everything to do with wicd before I could connect with my standard procedure. So, in summary, there doesn't seem to be any obvious solution to this puzzle, but I suppose I should at least be grateful that I can get wireless to work even in this roundabout way. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110427143642.ga21...@acampbell.org.uk
