Failed obtain IP address after authenticated using EAP-MD5

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> After the supplicant authenticated successfully from the FreeRadius server, my notebook fails to obtain an IP address from the Access Point (router) and end up getting a 169.254.198.216 IP address. 
>  
> here is my setup : 
> Supplicant = WIRE1x ( a windows port of Open 1x ) 
> Authenticator = D-Link DIR-655 Router  
> Authentication Server = FreeRadius 
>  
> the setup diagram of 3 components 
> http://www.oniva.com/upload/1356/diagram.jpg 
>  
> capture of EAP-MD5 protcol successfully get authenticated 
> http://www.oniva.com/upload/1356/success.jpg  
>  
> but after a while, the notebook fails to obtain an IP from the D-link wireless router and end up getting 169.254.198.216 IP address. 
>  
> the setup of 802.1x inside D-link wireless router is like the following 
> http://www.oniva.com/upload/1356/dlink.jpg  
>  
> so is there anything is missing on the setup so my notebook cannot get IP address from Dlink wireless router after authenticated successfully? 

sounds like the supplicant isnt telling the IP stack to go and get its new address.  try open1x.sf.net
as it can do that part of the work better :-)

alan