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
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
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:01:05 -0500, Chris Ruprecht chrisr@ruprecht.org 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:
- 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?
<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@ruprecht.org 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:
- 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?
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@ruprecht.org 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@ruprecht.org 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:
- 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
new error went into my router and configured it to be a "PUBLIC ACCESS POINT" the Kwifimanager shows the network shows the signal strength etc. but can't obtain an IP address now i have this error when trying to activate the wireless ****************************************************************************************************** Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
Determining IP information for eth1.../sbin/dhclient-script: configuration for eth1 not found. Continuing with defaults. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions: line 47: eth1: No such file or directory failed. ******************************************************************************************************
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:32:06 -0500, Jim lawrence.jim@gmail.com wrote:
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@ruprecht.org 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@ruprecht.org 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:
- 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
Jim,
run system-config-network and try to set up your network card again - somehow this info must have gotten lost.
I have never used kwifimanager, so I don't know what happened when you set up the router ... are you sure you configured the router and not the local machine (making the local machine an access point)? I use my browser to configure my AP (and have done so with every wireless router or AP I have used in the past [Belkin, Proxim, Netgear]). If you did this from the same machine, you are trying to connect from right now, I'm positive that you didn't configure the AP but the laptop to be the Public Access Point. Since you can't talk to the AP yet, how would you configure it without connecting to it. That would also explain to some extent, why your network card setup is now messed up.
What you have to do is: enable the router as a DHCP server and let it serve say 20 IP addresses in the same range as your network is. Typically, your network is 192.168.0.0, the router is 192.168.0.1 and has a WAN IP address assigned by your ISP (dynamic or static). Configure the router to serve say 192.168.0.230 - 192.168.0.249 dynamically (never use 192.168.0.255 - that's your broadcast address). The number of addresses you want to assign dynamically really depends on how many other wireless devices you have, plus a few spares in case some friends come over and bring the laptops...
Best regards, Chris
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 15:07 -0500, Jim wrote:
new error went into my router and configured it to be a "PUBLIC ACCESS POINT" the Kwifimanager shows the network shows the signal strength etc. but can't obtain an IP address now i have this error when trying to activate the wireless
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
Determining IP information for eth1.../sbin/dhclient-script: configuration for eth1 not found. Continuing with defaults. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions: line 47: eth1: No such file or directory failed.
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Jim wrote: | new error went into my router and configured it to be a "PUBLIC ACCESS POINT" | the Kwifimanager shows the network shows the signal strength etc. | but can't obtain an IP address now i have this error when trying to | activate the wireless | ****************************************************************************************************** | Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : | SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported. | | Determining IP information for eth1.../sbin/dhclient-script: | configuration for eth1 not found. Continuing with defaults. | /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions: line 47: eth1: No | such file or directory | failed. | ****************************************************************************************************** |snip |> | | | Hi there, having struggled a bit with my own wireless I may offer the following from my experience:
Under the Wireless tab settings do the following: 1) make sure you first set the Mode to "Auto" 2) thne set the Channel according to what you set in your AP 3) then set the Transmit rate to "Auto" 4) then set the Mode back to "Managed"
I don't know why it works this way but thats how I solved my problem. I suspect that system somehow mix-up what is wifi and what is eth???
Under the Harwdware tab 1) uncheck Device alias number 2) check Bind to MAC if you have enabled and listed your MAC address in you AP
To get the right info on your KiWiFiManager open two sessions; the first one will probably list wifi0 with incomplete info the second eth1 with your IP-address. You can then Quit the first one.
Regards, Truls
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@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:01:05 -0500, Chris Ruprecht chrisr@ruprecht.org 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:
- 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...
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:47:51 -0500 From: Jim lawrence.jim@gmail.com
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
Does your interface work OK otherwise? In my experience, it doesn't really matter if the "Set Bit Rate" is done.
The discussion below will refer to the interface as eth1, as that's the interface with which you're working...
This is an error from a command issued by script /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/if-wireless: iwconfig eth1 rate $RATE
You could avoid the error by changing file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 so that its line defining RATE defines RATE as blank:
RATE=
You could probably also do this by setting the rate via the GUI program system-config-network.
The bit rate argument is a bit rate in bits per second (suffixes K, M, and G are allowed). If less than 1000 it's usually a table index in the driver. It can also be "auto" or have "auto" appended to mean to use the specified rate _or slower_ if need be. The message may be avoided by changing ifcfg-eth1's assignment to "RATE=" (which bypasses assignment) or to a legal value, such as: "Auto", "54M", "54M auto", etc. See man page iwconfig.
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