On Jan 31, 2008 9:38 PM, Jim M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> my /var/log/messages file is filled over and over with the line
> (obviously the date/time varies)
>
> Jan 31 20:17:00 balrog dhclient: send_fallback: No route to host
>
> The machine is a firewall and has no graphic capabilities. It is a dhcp
> client to get my the IP address for the home network and a dhcp server
> for all the machines in the house. What does this error message mean?
> The firewall works fine as the default router for all the wired Ethernet
> machines in the house. But, I have laptop with built in 802.11 and a
> PCMCIA card as well. When I use the PCMCIA card, everything works fine.
> With the built in 802.11, however, it connects to the WAP, but does not
> get an IP address from the firewall. I can't figure out why the
> difference and would appreciate any advice on how to troubleshoot this.
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
>
If I understand you correctly, you mean the firewall is a dhcp client on the
external side, dhcp server on the internal and serving as a WAP for the
wireless systems, but the laptop doesn't connect to it via the built in
Wireless NIC and only with the PCMCIA one. The laptop and firewall are both
OpenBSD?
