Hi,
I am running hostapd on top of backfire (hostapd) on WRT54GL LinkSys device
with b43 driver.
I have very simple, minimalistic hostapd configuration.
Now , I run on the LinkSys device:
hostapd /etc/hostapd.conf
and it starts OK.
On a nearby Fedora 17 Linux machine I insert wifi USB card, and the
Network Manager identifies the BSS (of the hostaod on the LinkSys device).
When I try to connect with Network Manager to the LinkSys device I see
, in the kernel log of the Linux machine, these messages:
...
...
dhclient[2872]: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
interval 9 (xid=0x9dd84e4)
dhclient[2872]: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
interval 8 (xid=0x9dd84e4)
NetworkManager[540]: <warn> (wlan0): DHCPv4 request timed out.
NetworkManager[540]: <info> (wlan0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP
client pid 2872
...
...
Over and over again.
Now what I understand is that since there is no DHCP server on the
LinkSys device, the DHCP requests the the network manager sends
are not replied.
My question is:
Is there a way to tell the Network Manager **not** to send DHCP
requests in such a case
(when connecting to the AP) ?
rgs
Kevin