On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:30:19 +0200, pizzapie_linuxanchovies wrote: > Agricolae--thanks for the suggestion. There is no Network-Manager on my > install, but fortunately your idea kept me going long enough to *nearly* > find the solution. > > Turns out I made a mistake in my original post. If the ifup command > fails, then the iwconfig command will also fail: > --- snip
> > So I see a catch-22 bug. rausb0 must be up in order for the iwconfig > commands to succeed But the iwconfig commands must succeed in order to > *truly* bring rausb0 up (=have dhclient succeed). The only workaround is > entering that weird state (state #2) where rausb0 is up but dhclient > hasn't yet succeeded. > > Now that's what I call messed up. Any ideas for a fix? > > Pizzapie Jeez, I don't know what to say - check to see if your interfaces file in /etc/network includes rausb0 correctly - did you remember to include the line auto rausb0 above iface rausb0 inet dhcp or if you have a firewall, have you configured it to allow the port that rausb0 uses I don't really have much more I can think of. Hve you tried posting your problem to "comp.os.linux.networking"? There's some real networking gurus in that group & maybe some one can spot something that neither of us have thought of. Sorry I can't suggest a more concrete solution to your frustrating problem. Sincerely, ~A~ -- Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. -- Anonymous ================================ Registered Linux User No. 306834