Arch Linux

Description: When I try to connect to an access point with 'dhcpcd wlan0', wlan0 times out. Iwconfig shows the essid but not the access point's MAC. I have reinstalled Arch, the drivers, and everything. I have to remove /var/run/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid and run 'iwlist wlan0 scan', then 'dhcpcd wlan0' again before it will work. I cannot run the scan unless I have already tried dhcpcd because it reports that the device doesn't support scanning and isn't active, and it fails everytime. I don't use rc.conf or /etc/wireless to set it up because I don't want it to connect to just any access point. I've requested help on IRC and was told to post a bug report. My system is up to date.


Additional info:
* package version(s)

[zack@rbox ~]$ pacman -Q iwlwifi
iwlwifi 1.0.0.1-1
[zack@rbox ~]$ pacman -Q iwlwifi-4965-ucode
iwlwifi-4965-ucode 4.44.17-1
[zack@rbox ~]$


* config and/or log files etc.
None...

Steps to reproduce:

Every time you try to run dhcp on the interface before running iwlist.

Temporary Solution:

[zack@rbox ~]$ cat npnwifi.sh
iwconfig wlan0 essid apnamehere;
iwconfig wlan0 key wepkeyhere;
rm /var/run/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid;
dhcpcd wlan0;
rm /var/run/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid;
iwlist wlan0 scan;
dhcpcd wlan0;
echo "finished...";
exit;
[zack@rbox ~]$