On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:01:05 -0500, Chris Ruprecht <chrisr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jim, > > you can ignore that error. > > if it can not determine the correct IP address (DHCP) then you could > have one of these issues: > > 1. The AP (Access Point) you are connecting to has MAC address filtering > switched on and your card's MAC address is not listed in the AP's table. > 2. The Wireless Network is using encryption and your machine isn't set > up with the same password. > 3. The Wireless Network is not using encryption but you have it set up > on your machine. > 4. The Wireless Network is using another type of authentication method > that you don't have. > 5. There is no DHCP server defined to be used on your network. > 6. If this is not your own Wireless Network, talk to the administrator > of that network. > > If this is your home network, please set up the AP properly and then set > up the client machine (your laptop, I presume) accordingly. > Also make sure that you are actually talking to the AP you want to talk > to and not to some neighbor's AP - who has his own encryption and MAC > filtering set up (hopefully). > > And when you have everything working, set up the AP to be a closed > network, so you don't broadcast "Hello, here I am, please come and try > to hack into me" all over the place. > > Best regards, > Chris > > > On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 13:47 -0500, Jim wrote: > > when i try to activate my wireless card i get this > > Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : > > SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported. > > > > Determining IP information for eth1... > > > > Specs > > intel 2200bg wireless > > > > -- > > James Lawrence > > Rochester NY > > -- > Don't ask me nothin' about nothin' - I might just tell you the > truth ... > Bob Dylan > > chris, ok i have my home network set up to be closed, thought i had my cnfg file correct for my wirerless card maybe not here is another error Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported. Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable? <--weird why is it looking for a cable? -- James Lawrence Rochester NY