[Voyage-linux] wireless client (usb wireless) - only working if network plugged in

[Jordi Soucheiron]

Hi Thomas,
To debug it you could connect to the console using a serial cable and
exec route and ifconfig. You may find something useful.

2009/6/7 Thomas Stranzl <mahatmah at gmx.net>:
> Hi,
>
> Iìée voyage on an Alix board (development version). Connecting over eth0 works perfect (if a cable is plugged in, of course :)
> Iìée bought a Belkin wireless usb stick (as I couldnÔ wait a few days for delivering of a mini-pci card...). I recompiled the kernel with the additional driver, and changed /etc/network/interfaces to the following:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> iface eth0 inet static
>        address 192.168.1.49
>        netmask 255.255.255.0
>        gateway 192.168.1.1
>
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>        wpa-ssid myESSID
>        wpa-psk myPASS
>
> after booting with eth0 connected, it connects to the access point automatically. SSHing to the acquired dhcp address works.
>
> Now - if I have no wire plugged into eth0 - my router shows, that a client has requested a ip address (and it is shown under connected hosts..), but I could neither ssh into or ping the Alix board anymore.
>
> Any ideas what㸠going on there?
> best,
> Thomas
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