can't activate wireless

[Chris Ruprecht]

<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 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?
> 
-- 
Don't ask me nothin' about nothin' - I might just tell you the
truth ... 
                                         Bob Dylan