wireless configuration

[gboyce-qL0WqcyiFk9Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Gregory Boyce)]

You can try increasing the timeout for dhclient in
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf.  I've seen issues in the with dhclient
timing out too early when using wpa_supplication on 802.1x wired
networks.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:53 AM,  <johnmalloy-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I reinstalled both wpasupplicant and dhcp3-client.
>
> We are still not getting an ip address.
>
> It seems the wpasupplicant is taking too long to connect to the wireless access point and the dhclient is not working.
>
> If I run it manually, it works.
>
> Are there any other web sites/listservs for this issue?
>
> here is my /etc/rc.local file:
>
>
> #!/bin/sh -e
> #
> # rc.local
> #
> # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
> # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
> # value on error.
> #
> # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
> # bits.
> #
> # By default this script does nothing.
>
> /etc/opt/elo-ser/setup/elorc start
> echo "/sbin/wpa_supplicant -ira0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/ra0.conf -d 2>&1 > /var/log/wpa_supplicant.ra0 "|/usr/bin/at now
> sleep 180
> #echo "/sbin/dhclient -d -pf /var/run/dhclient-ra0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient-ra0.lease -sf /usr/local/scripts/dhclient-exit-hooks ra0 2>&1 > /var/log/dhclient.ra0"|at now
>
>
> John Malloy
>
> johnmalloy AT comcast DOT net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Metro" <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org>
> To: johnmalloy-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org
> Cc: "L-blu" <discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:38:45 PM
> Subject: Re: wireless configuration
>
> johnmalloy-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> Ubuntu 10.04
>> I have inherited someone else's config.
>
> Hmmm...unless you think the dhclient setup is usefully customized, you
> might try the easy fix (after backing up /etc):
>
> sudo aptitude reinstall dhcp3-client
> sudo aptitude reinstall wpasupplicant
>
> which might resolve the problem, if it is being caused by a missing hook
> script.
>
> A quick browse suggests that /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant gets
> called - probably on a pre-up event. It does it's thing, then does an
> ifup. It then looks like Network Manager plays a role in triggering
> dhclient, so you should probably review settings in there too.
>
> -Tom
>
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