wifi working but not showing in dhcp client list on router

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wifi working but not showing in dhcp client list on router

Post by brooksaaron »

Updated to MMint 17 - no matter if I use network-manager or Wicd i can connect to my Belkin router however the machine does not show up in the DHCP client list. It responds to ping, connects fine but this is disallowing me to remote into the machine using any desktop sharing software.

Thanks for any input.

Dell inspiron 1545 using Broadcom 1397 adapter (alternative apparently)
Security settings: hidden SSID, WPA TKIP

mintwifi output:

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"sunny"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:50:5A:08:DD   
          Bit Rate=24 Mb/s   Tx-Power=200 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-28 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:64:76:7e:7e  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:18 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0, I can ping the machine.
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:677798 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:677798 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:259740622 (259.7 MB)  TX bytes:259740622 (259.7 MB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 70:1a:04:90:4f:46  
          inet addr:192.168.2.9  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::721a:4ff:fe90:4f46/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:69454 errors:0 dropped:186 overruns:0 frame:3192787
          TX packets:49723 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:79341285 (79.3 MB)  TX bytes:5618177 (5.6 MB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000 

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		208.67.222.222
Address:	208.67.222.222#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 216.58.218.192
Name:	google.com
Address: 216.58.218.206
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DC80

Re: wifi working but not showing in dhcp client list on rout

Post by DC80 »

Hi,

Do you have it staticly configured instead of dynamicly? In some routers IP adresses do not show up when a address is configured static in stead of dynamic.

Also, as a workaroud you can use third-party software like Teamviewer to access remote hosts.
brooksaaron

Re: wifi working but not showing in dhcp client list on rout

Post by brooksaaron »

The wifi connection on the mint machine is hardcoded. The router is set to renew dhcp lease never. That being, said I turned off all wifi devices, reset the router to factory config, then turned on the mint machine. It connected but still didn't show up in the client table which I find very odd. Turned on my other devices and they did show up. Something about that mint wlan connection or its driver, I think...I should mention before the update to 17 I was able to hardcode the mint machine to 192.168.2.6 and keep the lease on that forever. Had an uptime of about 6 months with no change. Still digging....thanks for the info.
DC80

Re: wifi working but not showing in dhcp client list on rout

Post by DC80 »

Unless you can configure your router to set the lease seperately I would not reccomend it. If you range is full then you end up with no addresses to give. Instead you may be able to configure a static route to the computer.

Most routers offer an option to "hold" an specific address to the machine of your choice. You exclude the address from giving out by the DHCP server on your router.
brooksaaron

Re: wifi working but not showing in dhcp client list on rout

Post by brooksaaron »

Interesting but still confusing update to my post...

I still cannot see the Mint machine in my DHCP client list. It's hardcoded to 192.168.2.6 now. However, I installed all available updates to Mint17, then installed tightvncserver and learned later that I needed to use dconf to edit the config file to not require encryption. I can now access the machine remotely using just about any remote desktop sharing viewer on any platform.

I am still puzzled as to why it does not show up as a connected device on the router client list. Just odd. I guess we can mark this one fixed.

Thank you all for your input. Great community here and I love using Mint to restore life to machines I would otherwise have simply tossed by the wayside.
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