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Subject: Re: orinoco (Lucent/Agere 9.48) unable to connect
From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:29:15 -0600
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On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 20:42 +0200, Beeblebrox wrote:
> > What kind of access point are you trying to connect to?  These devices
> > only support 802.11b, so if the access point is newer and is using
> > 802.11n, there are some 11n configurations that simply don't support
> > connections from 11b clients.
> > Dan
> 
> Hi Dan, thanks for your answer.
> The test A/P is a USR-5451-maxG with ddwrt as OS. A/P is on mixed mode
> (B+G), but after your mail I tried B-Only mode, which failed also.
> While observing the connection process, I got the feeling that the
> orinoco card (eth1) is unable to set an IP. I have tried static and
> dhclient, with same effect. Shortly after the connection process
> starts, the card status shows as connected, but does not finalize .
> Process then terminates (assuming because no IP is agreed on with AP).
> 
> Please advise what other info/test I can try.

If you're able, can you use wireshark on another computer to capture the
802.11 frames exchanged between the orinico device and the AP?

Dan