[ale] Lost wireless on laptop

[Jim Kinney]

Sounds like a key format issue. Sometimes the key is ascii, others hex,
others unknown. Start by digging into the key type on the desktop and
compare with the laptop. Also check the WAP device to see if it was
"upgraded".

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Jim Moore <d2ove4deb at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> First how I got here.  Changed from dhcp to static; i.e; reset router
> assigning addresses to desktop and laptop. It worked fine on desktop but
> could never get laptop to connect.  So have gone back and reset router
> to dhcp, again desktop connects no problem, but laptop can't.
> If I go to Administration>Network and check eth2 (which is where my
> wireless is set up) it shows the device is working.
> Looking at /etc/network/interfaces  I see:
> #The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo init loopback
>
> #The primary network interface
> iface eth2 init dhcp
> wireless-essid  "My wireless network"
> wireless - key s: "My tkip key"
>
> auto eth2
>
> This is what happens when I boot up and it gets down to loading the
> network:
>
> "DHCP Discover on eth2 255.255.255.255 port 67"  This is repeated 4
> times, then a pause and again repeats four times.
>
> Then the message "eth2:NetDev_Tx_BUSY returned
> No working leases in persistent database"
>
> Another abnormality which occurs just before it begins the DHCP Discover
> routine is a message appears that it doesn't recognize the tkip key but
> it only gives the last ten characters of the key not the first three
> digits.  My key is 3 digits and then 10 characters.
>
> Any suggestions as to where to start to set all of this straight again?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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