MaxRabbit; In my experience, sometimes a router that is also a DHCP server will hand out an IP address and sometimes it won't.
But I think you hit the nail on the head with this quote:
As you are probably now aware, and it has also been pointed out on this forum numerous times, that backtrack is not a distro designed for those totally new to linux. A solid grasp of networking is highly recommended.Well, I'm not sure quite what connects, because it's automatically connected when I turn on the laptop. So, what could this be?
However, before I try more with the wireless troubleshooting, I'd like to get a better grasp on how this works period.
To help you on your way to learning more about networking in linux,
use the man pages and lookup:
dhcpd
dhcpclient
ifconfig
iwconfig
route
Google for: linux networking
THIS link looked rather informative for someone new to linux networking.
Good Luck to you...
You're quite welcome. Let us know what you find so that we may help you furthur if needed.Originally Posted by MaxRabbit
Oh, thank you Shadowkill-I hadn't seen your post as it must've come up when I was typing mine.
So now I have three solid suggestions-I'll go ahead and try those out tonight! Thank you
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In my experience, sometimes a router that is also a DHCP server will hand out an IP address and sometimes it won't.
You mean your lack of experience ,because i have never had that experience
in the last 12 1/2 years of me experience.
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FrankFurter;
That was rude and unwarranted.You mean your lack of experience ,because i have never had that experience
in the last 12 1/2 years of me experience
A. You don't know me or what my experience level is.
B. I have had this problem occur with my students numerous times using SOHO wireless routers, otherwise I would have not stated so. I should have been more specific in my posting, my mistake on that part. I'm sure YMMV.
C. If you want to "put them on the table and measure", I'll be at Shmoocon this weekend and will happily put my experience and resume up against anyone.
So as to not drag this thread, or forum down any further, by all means, PM me if you have further problems with my advice to members of this forum.
Okay, thank you! I am not new to Linux, but the distro that I am familiar with is Ubuntu; quite a bit different than this as far as networking especially.
I am going to take all of your suggestions, and I'm going to take some time to read up. Please, don't think I ignored your suggestions if it's a while before I post-time is just a little short right now and I really want to do my research before I post again with my results.
Thank you all who have kindly offered your suggestions so far
EDIT: Unnecessary bashing on my part. Just noticed he's being moderated.
"The goal of every man should be to continue living even after he can no longer draw breath."
~ShadowKill
So because you've never had that experience in your limited amount of time doing this work it cannot ever happen?
in the last 12 1/2 years of me experience.
I can think of at least 1 big reason why a router sometimes wouldn't hand out an address even though it's a DHCP server, let's see if you can think of it in your vast experience.
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I can
Because it has run out of leases.
Overlapping scope
Sometimes I try to fit a 16-character string into an 8–byte space, on purpose.
That's one: Another could be it has DHCP but it's configured to only hand out reserved addresses.
It could be the DHCP daemon has crashed for whatever reason.
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