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Old 03-16-2005, 09:45 PM   #1
lacitpo
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Weird card problem - DHCP returning IPv6 address


Ok, I'm working on getting one of my home machines set up with a wireless card.

I am running fedora core 2
The card is a D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+

I got the linux drivers from the card from sourceforge, as referenced to by d-link, seeing as Dlink provides no linux drivers for this card.

I installed them without problems using the guide referenced to in the provided readme file

I've got the wireless card up and running and connecting to my wireless router at home.

The problem is that when it obtains an IP address, the address is IPv6. I am normally decent a trouble shooting, but I don't even know where to start. I am not able to ping anything, but it says it's connected to the router. It also shows up on the routers client table of my router, with it's own IP address.

Any help would be much appriciated
 
Old 03-16-2005, 10:06 PM   #2
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If your router is what is assigning IP addresses, you need to see if it is assigning an ipv6 address. What are you using for dhcp? dhclient/dhcpcd/pump?
 
Old 03-16-2005, 11:28 PM   #3
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It is using dhclient if I am remembering correctly. I looked all through the setting on my router and don't see why it would give an IPv6 address. Especially since the routers client table had it listed with a IPv4 address. I was thinking it might be a setting within dhclient, but I don't know where to start if that is the problem.
 
  


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