On Sunday 03 June 2007, David G. Miller wrote: >Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Not sure where you're setting mode to "client" but that's not a valid >> >> >value. Managed tends to work unless you know what you're doing and you >> >know why you need one of the other vales. >> > >> >Cheers, >> >Dave >> >> Thanks Dave, I'll play with it some more tomorrow. The avahi-daemon is >> killing me too, so I'm going to read up on that puppy too. > >Looks like something like system-config-network puts the value in the >appropriate ifcfg script in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts: > >[dave@spindle network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-eth1 ># Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller >DEVICE=eth1 >ONBOOT=no >BOOTPROTO=dhcp >HWADDR=00:90:4b:ac:8f:67 >PEERDNS=yes >DHCP_HOSTNAME=spindle >TYPE=Wireless >USERCTL=yes >IPV6INIT=no >ESSID=pr3v3ct >CHANNEL=11 >MODE=Auto # <== HERE >RATE=Auto Both of the above options are an error here, getting me Set Mode (8B06) and Set Bit Rate (8B20) and dhcp fails, with the radio then being turned off a few seconds after the dhcp timeout. >Although not documented in the man page, "auto" (as above) appears to >work. Setting my wireless to mode = auto just gets me "Managed" when I >then do an Iwconfig. > >Cheers, >Dave > >-- >Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. >-- Ambrose Bierce -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) share, n.: To give in, endure humiliation.
