Subject: Re: problem with iwi
To: dieter Roelants <dieter.NetBSD@pandora.be>
From: Thierry Lacoste <th.lacoste@wanadoo.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/07/2006 18:18:10
On Saturday 07 January 2006 17:22, dieter Roelants wrote:
> On 01/07/06 16:36:56, Thierry Lacoste wrote:
> > Jan  7 15:15:15  dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
> > Jan  7 15:15:19  dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on iwi0 to 255.255.255.255
> > port 67  interval 9
> > Jan  7 15:15:19  dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
> > ^C
> >
> > # ifconfig iwi0
> > iwi0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >  ssid ""
> >  powersave off
> >  address: 00:13:ce:58:c8:4e
> >  media: IEEE802.11 autoselect
> >  status: no network
> >  inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>
> Maybe a stupid question, but what does 'iwictl iwi0 -r' say?
Stupid me! I didn't see the button :(

Now that iwictl iwi0 -r' gives "Radio is ON"
dhclient triggers an infinite sequence of kernel messages
iwi0: unknown authentication state 4

Once in a while I also have
iwi0: unknown authentication state 1

Thierry.