can't figure this out, stuck like a house

[Zero-Override]

i've been trying to configure my Linksys WMP54G (version 4.1) wireless card to access the internet, through a lot of messing around i've managed a lot :p

- the card is recognised (through ndiswrapper --truely love that program)
- it's active and connecting to the router (WRT54G)

now what it's not doing...

- giving me an IP address
- setting up the DNS servers

i've tried setting it up manually (using the IP i use in win xp minutes before with no one else activating there pc and asking for an IP) btw this was an internal IP (192.168.1.102)
and also to manually set the DNS server to what the router said it used

i also can't connect to the router in FC6 which i find curious since it does connect to it

also something i might mention, i've disabled SSID broadcasting routerwise and also use no encryption (i've set the ESSID manually and that's when it connected to the router)

any ideas about what i'm doing wrong?

[Iron_Mike]

Open a terminal window and su - to root and type ifconfig, does it show something like this:

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:0G:35:D0:E1:43
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7004 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6333 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7484888 (7.1 MiB) TX bytes:916523 (895.0 KiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa000 Memory:d0000000-d0000fff

If not, in the same window type:

dhclient eth1 <<<--- eth1 is probably different for yours, it is the name of your wilress connection. After that what happens then???

[Zero-Override]

some thing similar, without the IP address (or possibly the entire upper line inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0)

i'll boot to fc6 now and check the bottom command

thx for the fast reply btw :cool:

[Zero-Override]

well these are the results (though i'm pretty sure that the ifconfig report had an extra line, where it said the IP address i gave it plus on what it was broadcasting (which is btw on 192.168.1.255 which is wrong right for what i told it to do?

also, it scans for dhcp on 255.255.255.255 but is should be on 255.255.255.0 right? i tried to alter it in the router but it can't do it on that specific address (some others, also 255.255.255.252)

so what's up?

[Iron_Mike]

well these are the results (though i'm pretty sure that the ifconfig report had an extra line, where it said the IP address i gave it plus on what it was broadcasting (which is btw on 192.168.1.255 which is wrong right for what i told it to do?

also, it scans for dhcp on 255.255.255.255 but is should be on 255.255.255.0 right? i tried to alter it in the router but it can't do it on that specific address (some others, also 255.255.255.252)

so what's up?

Double check system -->administration -->network, highlight your wilress device and make sure check marks are in the "obtain ip" and "dns" boxes and a check mark in the "allow users to configure" box.

[Zero-Override]

it won't do that, that's why i had to enter it manually, i check it and then when i click activate it starts to determine ip information and then it fails :(
i entered:
ip: 192.168.1.102 (router gives away 50 IP's starting at 192.168.1.100)
subnetmask: 255.255.255.0 (checked in windows and in router itself)
default gateway: 192.168.1.1 (checked in windows and in router itself)

it just won't seem to give me an ip. could that be because of firewall/selinux setting?

*edit*
best if i put it here immidiatly ;)
firewall only has ssh enabled, selinux is on permissive

[Draper]

disabled SSID eh? might try using wifi-radar or whatever you like. All it does is list the available connections that your card finds. even if its not broadcasting it should still find it. thats the easy part....

from what you wrote it sounds as tho you couldnt connect in xp or fc6... also .. you are expecting the router to give you an ip while you are trying to connect to the router with a static ip. while most routers really dont care about that, yours may.
So from what i gather blah blah..
IP range: 192.168.1.100-150
Subnet: 255.255.255.255 i have no clue why it is that needs to be 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1 this is fine and all but its not something you should be configuring imo
DNS: you have made no mention of this and my guess is you didnt bother to mess with it. your router is your dns server and it is going to be 192.168.1.1

If i were you i would go into your router and make sure the dhcp server is on and verify that the ip pool is 192.168.1.100-150. also, make absolutely sure of what your subnet is it really should be 255.255.255.0.

as far as on the fc6 end do what Iron_Mike said check your network settings from the nice network GUI.

Under the Devices tab select your wireless card then click edit.

Under the general tab make sure that automatically obtain ip is checked and that the pull tab is on dhcp. also, make sure the automatically obtain dns info from provider is checked.

Skip the route and hardware tabs

Under the wireless settings tab mode should be auto, network name should be auto or your networks name, channel is probably your issue since its default is 1 and most american router companies make the default 11... i would go with 11, and transmit should be auto~ or whatever you want.. after all that press ok.

skip the hardware and ipsec tabs

Under DNS you can give yourself a host name and i usually go ahead and put the primary dns server which is 192.168.1.1 for you.

Skip hosts.

after all that go back to the Devices tab and deactivate your wnic then activate it.

if it does not work then im going to go ahead and say you have an IP conflict you are on the wrong channel you have some for of encryption enabled dont have dhcp enabled your router doesnt work or your card is defunct.

[Zero-Override]

i can connect under xp (that's where i'm now)
ip range is verified under 192.168.1.100-150
subnet really is 255.255.255.0 (it has to be because it's set in the router)
i tried to enter the DNS servers named by the router (they were external IP's so i already figured they wouldn't work but tried anyway, they're reset to nothing again now)
i know i'm trying to use a static IP now but if i ask it to search one for me it fails
i know which SSID i have (i'm admin of the router and i set it myself) and fc6 connects to the router without a hitch but i can't ping it, log on to it, traceroute it or anything else you can think of, it connects but doesn't exist :p
also the router has dhcp enabled for sure

thx for the reply, i hop you might have some more ideas though, i still can't figure it out

*edit*
woeps i forgot:
also, i set the channel to 11 myself and set fc6 up to use that to

[Zero-Override]

anybody have even a remote idea?

[Zero-Override]

i´ll reinstall and recompile and see if that clears anythin then

any form of idea would be greatly greatly appreciated!!!!

[Zero-Override]

well.... four posts in a row :p

okay well i did a fresh install, installed the kernel devels, set up the drivers, all the same problems.... BUT :) i've noticed that i don't have a dhcpcd command (need it for my ndiswrapper guide) and that dhcpd doesn't want to load (because of a global name error)

i've also tried going online on a different network (neighbours) and it had the same problems so it's definitly local

hope this helps anyway help me :p