ok mac filtering Disable for now wep encryption in play sssid not Broadcasted On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:29:31 -0500, Chris Ruprecht <chrisr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <smile> > Jim, > > No, it's not looking for a cable - this just means that it can not > connect to the AP - in the 'wired' sense, that would mean that your > network cable is disconnected/broken or something like that. In the > 'wireless' sense, this means that your link between the client machine > and your AP isn't working. > > Please check your WEP and MAC filtering settings on the AP (= Access > Point, aka Wireless Router for home users). > > Best regards, > Chris > > On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 14:18 -0500, Jim 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? > > > -- > Don't ask me nothin' about nothin' - I might just tell you the > truth ... > Bob Dylan > > -- James Lawrence Rochester NY
