0 = RF kill not enabled (radio on) 1 = SW based RF kill active (radio off) 2 = HW based RF kill active (radio off) 3 = Both HW and SW RF kill active (radio off) On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:18:29 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > one more thing when i run THE CMD cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill it replies that the RF is ON which means the wireless won't work so what do i change it to the options 0 = RF kill not enabled (radio on) 1 = SW based RF kill active (radio off) 2 = HW based RF kill active (radio off) 3 = Both HW and SW RF kill active (radio off) SW --->software HW ---> Hardware also what are the efects of makeing such a change to the OS as well as How to make such changes. please Advise... -- James Lawrence Rochester NY
