need advice how to configure madwifi in fedora

[Peter Boy]

Am So, den 16.11.2003 schrieb Satish Balay um 18:07:
> [asterix]: ifup ath0
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.
> Cannot get driver information: Operation not supported

If I switch to Auto I get the same error message
> 
> Determining IP information for ath0... done.
I get a failed  :-)

> I would check if the encryption key is specified correctly (and
> perhaps try it on an un-encrypted network as well). Also, I use the
> cvs version of the driver - not the august release version - and
> compiled with 'make CC=gcc32'.
I don't use encryption, I use the CVS version as of Nov., 15, and I did
an export CC=gcc32 before compiling the driver.

> Some things to try:
> 
> iwlist ath0 scan     # lists access points that are arround.
[root at littlePiet root]# iwlist ath0 scan
ath0      No scan results

> iwpriv ath0 mode 2   # force the card into 802.11b mode
[root at littlePiet root]# iwpriv ath0 mode 2
<mapping sub-ioctl mode to cmd 0x8BE0-2>

> iwpriv ath0 mode 20  # reset the mode to auto
[root at littlePiet root]# iwpriv ath0 mode 20
<mapping sub-ioctl mode to cmd 0x8BE0-2>
Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
mode (8BE0): No such device or address


I just discovered: If I change the parameter Rate from Auto to 11M
everything works! O.K. the driver ist beta. Nevertheless - Great!

And I can use redhat-config-network to switch between my interfaces.

Thanks for your advice.

Peter