https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=278570 Summary: essid and key not set by ifup Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Alpha 4plus Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: casualprogrammer@yahoo.com QAContact: qa@suse.de On a Sony Vaio PCG-SRX51P with Lucent/Agere ORiNOCO mini pci card ( driver orinoco_cs ) when configuring the card with YaST/Network Devices/Network Card to: Global = Traditional Method with ifup Activate device= Manually Firewall = Internal Zone Address = Dynamic Address DHCP Operating Mode = Managed Network Name = cjp Encryption Key = Hexadecimal 3132333435 Default Gateway = 192.168.0.1 Enable IP forwarding = yes and then resetting the network manually workstation1l:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # service network restart Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03) eth0 configuration: eth-id-08:00:46:54:1c:89 done eth1 eth1 configuration: wlan-id-00:02:2d:5c:f5:ef done Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . done. Setting up network interfaces: lo lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8 done eth0 device: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03) eth0 configuration: eth-id-08:00:46:54:1c:89 eth0 Startmode is 'manual' skipped eth1 eth1 configuration: wlan-id-00:02:2d:5c:f5:ef eth1 Startmode is 'manual' skipped Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done. SuSEfirewall2: Setting up rules from /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 ... SuSEfirewall2: batch committing... SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set followed by workstation1l:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # ifup eth1 eth1 eth1 configuration: wlan-id-00:02:2d:5c:f5:ef Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... . IP/Netmask: 192.168.182.44 / 255.255.255.0 and workstation1l:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # iwconfig eth1 Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 21. Some things may be broken... eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"FON_UMC711" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:18:84:11:BB:51 Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=49/92 Signal level=-42 dBm Noise level=-91 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:29 Rx invalid frag:153 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 It appears that the network connection is made properly, looking closer reveals, that a previously connected network is used ( FON_UMC11 which is open ) instead of cjp with WEP64 key 3132333435 Setting the network card manually by workstation1l:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # iwconfig eth1 essid cjp key s:12345 workstation1l:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # ifrenew eth1 eth1 eth1 configuration: wlan-id-00:02:2d:5c:f5:ef Starting DHCP Client Daemon on eth1... . . . . . no IP address yet... backgrounding. shows no lease is obtained. Rechecking with workstation1l:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # iwconfig eth1 Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 21. Some things may be broken... eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"cjp" Nickname:"HERMES I" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:04:0E:35:E6:56 Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:3132-3334-35 Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality=46/92 Signal level=-44 dBm Noise level=-90 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:31 Rx invalid frag:211 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 shows that the card is set properly to cjp / 12345 Checking the AP shows client 00:02:2D:5C:F5:EF as connected with 11MB/s at 93%, alas no IP address is assigned. This seems to fit in with Bug 276485, Bug 269856 and Bug 249709 Usage of this workstation is reduced to open network connections, as WEP64/WEP128 does not work and orinoco_cs is not supported by wpa_supplicant. So here it's rather a blocker. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.