On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:54:52 -0800, bbla32 wrote:

>> In my experience, setting mode to Managed will reset the essid
>> assignment..:
>
> here it didn't

Your output says otherwise... But since you missed the point we wanted,
who can tell?

Please follow exactly these steps:

iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 essid <YOUR_SSID>
iwconfig wlan0

And please give us the output of the last command..!

>> Why do you set the channel on the client?
>
> just in case..

At best, it doesn't matter, at worst, it will introduce errors. Please
don't!

What kind of WLAN card, (make, model and version), are you using, since
you use ndiswrapper?

BTW: So far, this looks more like a driver, wireless tools or association
problem, not a DHCP problem.

--
Regards/mvh Joachim Mæland

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
-Mario Andretti.