can't activate wireless

[Jim]

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:01:05 -0500, Chris Ruprecht <chrisr at 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:
> 
> 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
> 
> --
> 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