[Linux-disciples] trouble getting IP address with ath0

[Nirmal Trivedi]

Anyone know why I might not be getting an IP from the university network
with my wireless? The ethernet connects without a problem. I was having
the same problem with my old computer and wireless card so it's probably
not an issue with the module. I think . . .

Output from ifup ath0:
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sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/ath0/00:0e:9b:24:e6:2c
Sending on   LPF/ath0/00:0e:9b:24:e6:2c
Sending on   Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
receive_packet failed on ath0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database.

Exiting.

Failed to bring up ath0.
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Output from iwconfig

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eth0      no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"WLANSSID"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point:
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate:1Mb/s   Tx-Power:50 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=20/94  Signal level=-75 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:16861  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:65  Invalid misc:65   Missed beacon:2

sit0      no wireless extensions.

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/etc/network/interfaces file

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#This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo eth0 ath0
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface ath0 inet dhcp