can't activate wireless

[Truls Gulbrandsen]

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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
|
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| 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
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