wifi troubleshooting

[Adam Tong]

Thanks guys i'm gonna update my os first and i'll be back to you with more details if still does not work.

Thanks again

--- On Mon, 3/21/11, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: mike cloaked <mike.cloaked at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: wifi troubleshooting
> To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 2:21 AM
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Adam
> Tong <helpcomm at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My fedora 12 detects my wifi card. But i'm unable to
> activate the device. When I try to do that I have the
> following error:
> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> 
> This Error is typically seen when the "driver" for the card
> does not
> have the capability for the settings you are trying to
> change to.
> There are several things here, and firstly you are using a
> version of
> Fedora that is no longer supported.  I would suggest
> that you install
> Fedora 14 which is a big advance on F12, and has a lot of
> improvements
> to virtually every package. Secondly it is possible that
> Fedora 14 may
> support the functions you need, but you will need to give
> details of
> what your wireless card is, (eg use lspci or lsusb to get
> details of
> the card in use). It may also depend on the chipset in the
> card.
> Although the vast majority of wireless cards are now
> supported, there
> remain some that are not.  The device may get detected
> but unless the
> driver is supported then the system will be unable to set
> it up or
> send data through it.
> 
> You are sure that you have both the correct driver and the
> correct
> firmware files, right?
> 
> So a little more information first, and some may be able to
> advise you
> further, but many will likely suggest you update your
> system to a
> supported version before real help can be given.
> 
> -- 
> mike c
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