From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.deathmatch.net ([72.66.92.28]:2742 "EHLO mail.deathmatch.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752409AbZIZMrW (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:47:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:46:20 -0400 From: Bob Copeland To: hans.ullrich@loop.de Cc: ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Nick Kossifidis , Jiri Slaby , "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: Fw: Cannot register at bugzilla (bugreport added) [ ath5k bugreport ] Message-ID: <20090926124620.GA5188@hash.localnet> References: <20090925191524.7b2b228c@schatten> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20090925191524.7b2b228c@schatten> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 07:15:24PM +0200, Florian Mickler wrote: > cc's added > > could you also: > - tell the version of the broken kernel, > - the last working kernel version, > - test if it works with current kernel-snapshot from > http://www.kernel.org/ Yes, please. > kernel-module "ath5k" gets no IP when using dhcp > > Description: It is not possible, to get an IP-address by using dhcp > with the kernel-module ath5k. It is possible, to give a fixed IP to > that module. It works here - I would guess the packets are getting dropped. Do you have anything in 'dmesg' while trying to associate? > There are already other reports of this problem in discussion forums. > It seems, the old madwifi-driver works better with dhcp - so people say. Can you point to such a discussion? It's best to discuss on ath5k-devel or linux-wireless ML so we will know about it. -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com