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2008-09-07 , 18:49
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So I was able to get deblet installed and working fine except for one thing...wireless. I can connect to my router, but my n800 never gets an IP address assigned. I tried running dhclient but no luck on getting an address.

I take it from reading other posts that some of you have gotten it working? If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.

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2008-09-07 , 18:52
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So I was able to get deblet installed and working fine except for one thing...wireless. I can connect to my router, but my n800 never gets an IP address assigned. I tried running dhclient but no luck on getting an address.

I take it from reading other posts that some of you have gotten it working? If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears.

Thanks!
You can try doing manual configuration in /etc/network/interfaces (http://trac.tspre.org/projects/deble...ork/interfaces) and see how it works. It won't be shiny and easy to switch, but it should verify what is wrong with your connection.
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2008-09-07 , 22:07
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I don't know whats wrong with my setup but using /etc/network/interfaces OR the gnome-network-manager always kills my card. It will connect for a very brief time then it'll never work again till I reboot.

I have to setup /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf manually (info wpa_supplicant.conf).. and then run:
iwconfig wlan0 essid YourEssid
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
dhclient wlan0

to watch wpa_supplicant you can open a new terminal and run "wpa_cli".. it should walk you through the handshake process and tell you when it's connected and all that.
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2008-09-07 , 23:28
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I wasnt able to make any progress by editing /etc/network/interfaces. It just tries to get a dhcp address when it boots up but never gets a valid response.

I take it that wireless in deblet just isnt quite there yet. No biggy, I can wait.

Thanks for the help!
 
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2008-09-08 , 01:11
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Do you use WEP?
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2008-09-09 , 00:49
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No. I have an open wireless router that doesn't broadcast its SSID.

My n800(running os2008,) Wii, Laptop, MythTV DVR, and various other devices have no problem connecting with the SSID not being broadcast.

Anyone else have this setup?
 
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2008-09-09 , 01:53
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oh yeah... I also had problems connecting to an ssid that didn't broadcast.

Again...setting up wpa_supplicant.conf manually and adding scan_ssid 1 (i think thats right) should help.

But I don't hide it anymore since its extremely trivial and useless anyway. 2 seconds with most linux scanners will show the ssid..

But I can confirm I had problems with hidden ssid's.
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2008-09-09 , 15:05
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Oh, I actually I think I may have had the same problem with hidden APs. I hadn't heard about the scan_ssid thing; I may give that a shot and then rehide my aps.
 
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2008-09-09 , 15:07
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It's scan_ssid=1.. goes in the network = { } block.
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2008-09-09 , 22:07
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Interesting. I'll have to see about setting up a wpa_supplicant.conf then.

Is there a good resource for that? I'll google.
 
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