Hi can someone explain why is that hostap is not sending all the information that dhcpd is telling the interface wlan0, where hostap 'is running', to send? On my clients I am only receiving the dynamic IP but not the domain servers, the broadcast address, the subnet mask neither the domain name. I know that is serving the IP because I have changed the range of IP to serve (to one that has void intersection with the one previously used) and in the /var/log/messages it detects the client trying to get the old IP and it replys with a bad network and then it gives the new IP.

In fact the order of commands are:

DHCPREQUEST for <old IP address> .... wrong network
DHCPNAK
DHCPDISCOVER
DHCPOFFER ... (the name of the client laptop)
DHCPREQUEST for <new IP address> ....
DHCPACK
DHCPREQUEST for <new IP address> ....
DHCPACK

and then it stops no more packets. I can ping to <new IP address> fro the server and I can pint to the server from the  client, but I cannot use a browser check email etc. I can do ssh to the server using the IP address of the server...

What is wrong?

I have kernel 2.4.20, pcmcia-cs 3.2.3, wireless tools 25, hostap 0.0.2 and my wireless card is a D-Link DWL-650 that one week ago was working perfectly as an Access Point but I had the bright idea of upgrading my installation (without a backup) and now does not work anymore.

I really need help, or I would have to buy an Access Point, and I don't want to.

Heberto del Rio