Mike Leahy <mgleahy <at> alumni.uwaterloo.ca> writes: > and ultimately I noticed this if I restarted the wpa_supplicant service: > > Stopping wpa_supplicant: [ OK ] > Starting wpa_supplicant: /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, > -iwlan0, -DwextSIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device > Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP > ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported > WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported > WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - [ OK ] > As a comparison I have the following output when starting wpa_supplicant for the rt73usb driver with a usb dongle: [root@lapmike1 ~]# service wpa_supplicant start Starting wpa_supplicant: /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, -iwlan0, -Dwextioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 - [ OK ] However I then run dhclient wlan0 and get an ip address - this is using WPA2-PSK and I then get a nice stable 54MB/s connection. So the existence of the errors does not stop the interface establishing a connection - I am using 2.6.23.8-62.fc8 - which is different to you but I wonder if you are still able to get a wireless link despite the errors like I can?
