Re: connecting to a WPA secured wireless network often fails and takes a very long time

["Ertugrul Harman" <ertugrulharman gmail com>]

On 22/09/06, Darren Albers <dalbers gmail com> wrote:

On 9/21/06, Ertugrul Harman <ertugrulharman gmail com> wrote:
> This time it failed two times and could connect in the 3rd try (it took 11
> min in total). The log is attached. It was in var/log/syslog.

Here is the problem:
Sep 21 23:24:54 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Sep 21 23:24:59 localhost kernel: [17179810.768000] eth1: no IPv6
routers present
Sep 21 23:25:02 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
Sep 21 23:25:02 localhost dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1
Sep 21 23:25:02 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67
Sep 21 23:25:07 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67
Sep 21 23:25:18 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Sep 21 23:25:26 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
Sep 21 23:25:35 localhost NetworkManager: <information>^IDevice 'eth1'
DHCP transaction took too long (>45s), stopping it.
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost dhclient: send_packet: Network is unreachable
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost dhclient: send_packet: please consult README
file regarding broadcast address.
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information>^IActivation
(eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Timeout) scheduled...
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information>^IDHCP daemon
state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface eth1
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information>^IDHCP daemon
state is now 11 (unknown) for interface eth1
Sep 21 23:25:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information>^IDHCP daemon
state is now 14 (normal exit) for interface eth1

Something odd is happening when your laptop requests a dhcp address,
what type of router or AP do you have?

It is a 
3com OfficeConnect ADSL Wireless 11g Firewall Router.