Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sunday 03 June 2007, David G. Miller wrote:
>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.
So? Fire up vi and edit the appropriate /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
file. Set Mode to "Managed" and Rate to 11M (start conservative). The
values are passed to iwconfig through
/etc/sysconfi/network-scripts/ifup-wireless. If you need to check on
exactly how to specify a particular value, check the man page for
iwconfig. Also, dhcp will fail if the link layer isn't established. It
failing is fallout; not a symptom.
The default seems to be to turn the radio off if a connection can't be
established. Really irritating since there doesn't seem to be any way
to turn it back on except a reboot for some hardware.
Cheers,
Dave
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