Re: Problems with NM with new router

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 12:53 -0400, Shawn Baker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently upgraded my router from a D-Link DI-624 to a TRENDnet 
> TEW-611BRP router.  Network Manager 0.4.1 on Ubuntu 5.10 connecting to 
> my D-Link worked great using DHCP and WEP.  The radio in the D-Link 
> starting failing, so hence the reason for the new router.
> 
> Anyways, when I first connected the TRENDnet right out of the box, using 
> a wired connection, NM wouldn't acquire an IP from the router.  It kept 
> trying to renew it.  I have a copy of the log file from the router, and 
> here are a couple entries from it:
> 
> --------- BEING LOG ---------
> 
> [INFO] Mon Apr 10 20:44:26 2006 Assigned new lease 192.168.0.69 to client 00123FF06B96
>  
> [INFO] Mon Apr 10 20:44:21 2006 Lease 192.168.0.69 renewed by client 00123FF06B96
>  
> [INFO] Mon Apr 10 20:44:21 2006 Assigned new lease 192.168.0.69 to client 00123FF06B96
>  
> [INFO] Mon Apr 10 20:44:17 2006 Lease 192.168.0.69 renewed by client 00123FF06B96
>  
> [INFO] Mon Apr 10 20:44:17 2006 Assigned new lease 192.168.0.69 to client 00123FF06B96
>  
> [INFO] Mon Apr 10 20:44:14 2006 Lease 192.168.0.69 renewed by client 00123FF06B96
> 
> --------- END LOG ---------
> 
> As you can see, about every 3-5 seconds, NM keeps asking for an IP.  
> Never did this with the D-Link.  I also tried connecting to the TRENDnet 
> with the wireless, and it did the same thing.  I finally uninstalled NM 
> and used Gnome Networking and it connects right up.
> 
> So, question is, is this a bug with NM?  Incompatibility of NM and this 
> TRENDnet?  I haven't tried upgrading NM to the latest version, as I 
> usually just wait for Ubuntu's repositories to upgrade.

Updating to 0.5.x or higher would be better, since those versions use
the standard ISC dhclient for DHCP stuff.  However, under ubuntu they
are a bit harder to set up since you may/may not need patched versions
of some of these programs.  They are available in some external
repository for Ubuntu...  Any Ubuntu people have a Wiki somewhere with
easy instructions?

Dan