Long shot - help getting Addtron Wireless w/BSD up again?
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
Hi folks!
I know that this may be a long shot..but..maybe not!
I have a FreeBSD box which serves as a server (connected to a DSL modem)
for 2 desktops, and an Addtron Wireless LAN box (these are all connected
via a SOHO hub).
A couple of months ago my box was either partially rooted, or there was a
root attempt which failed, but still messed up my box. I happened to have
FreeBSD 4.5 on hand, as I was going to upgrade at some point (I'm not sure
what was on the box at the time of the rooting - I think it was 4.0?)
Anyways, as the person who set this box up for me is no longer available to
me, and I'm a fairly typical clueless BOFH with my own box (yeah, I
know..sorry!) - several people said "just do the upgrade, it will fix any
problems", so that's what I did.
Works fine, but ever since the wireless box has not worked.
We've checked the cables, we've checked everything we can think of to
check. The lights are on, but no-one's home, so to speak. The wireless
box lights up like a Christmas tree (the "network" light blinks green), but
it simply is not accessing the network (we even directly connected the
server to the wireless, without going throgh the hub - nothing).
The box is an Addtron WL11000SA-N. Nobody seems to have heard of it, and
we can't even find it listed on the Addtron site (and they are, apparently,
now out of business). I can't find the docs anywhere.
If anybody has any ideas, even on this sketchy info, I'd be *so*
appreciative!
As an aside, my FreeBSD box is not now running DHCPD; we have no real
reason to think the Addtron wanted it, but it does appear that prior to the
upgrade something was going on with it. There appear to be some files
associated with a very old dhcp installed in /usr/local/sbin. Other files
hint that this is called wide-dhcp-1.4.0.6
Again, thanks for any help.
By the way, please include alt.fan.shedevil in your follow-up; my server
doesn't get the BSD groups (oh the irony! :-)) If you want to reply
privately, please do not use the vix.com address, but rather shedevil at
annepmitchell dot com
Anne
I am: Mom, Attorney, Professor, Advocate for Fathers and Against Spam
http://www.annepmitchell.com
Resources on intuitive parenting, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and more
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
So here's the solution: it needed my server to be running DHCP.
Hope this helps someone with a similar problem in the future!
--
Anne
William - 4/11/98
Jessica - 8/28/78
jpd
On 26 Nov 2002 09:15:43 GMT,
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. <shed...@stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:
[snip]
> So here's the solution: it needed my server to be running DHCP.
>
> Hope this helps someone with a similar problem in the future!
>
>>4.0?) Anyways, as the person who set this box up for me is no longer
>>available to me, and I'm a fairly typical clueless BOFH with my own box
>>(yeah, I know..sorry!) - several people said "just do the upgrade, it
>>will fix any problems", so that's what I did.
> --
[snip!]
> I am: Mom, Attorney, Professor, Advocate for Fathers and Against Spam
> http://www.annepmitchell.com
> Resources on intuitive parenting, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and more
Ok, I'm feeling soft today so I'll be polite.
All of the above is wrong except the .sig, that is just non-spec but that's
no real offence in this froup, and it hints why it's gone wrong.
For the future, would you _please_ not do the wrong things?
--
j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l .
Nauseous from being soft to a BOFH-wannabe. YUCK.
jpd
On 26 Nov 2002 09:15:43 GMT,
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. <shed...@stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:
[snip]
>
> Hope this helps someone with a similar problem in the future!
>
>>4.0?) Anyways, as the person who set this box up for me is no longer
>>available to me, and I'm a fairly typical clueless BOFH with my own box
>>(yeah, I know..sorry!) - several people said "just do the upgrade, it
>>will fix any problems", so that's what I did.
> --
[snip!]
> I am: Mom, Attorney, Professor, Advocate for Fathers and Against Spam
> http://www.annepmitchell.com
> Resources on intuitive parenting, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, and more
Ok, I'm feeling soft today so I'll be polite.
All of the above is wrong except the .sig, that is just non-spec but that's
no real offence in these froups, and it hints why it's gone wrong.