can someone explain this error plz?

santasballz · 02-10-2004, 01:17 AM

when iam trying to configure wireless under root i get this:
[root@localhost markymark]# iwconfig eth0 key off
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.

anything i do related to
iwconfig eth0 something something

i get the error.
anyone know why this is happening?

jtshaw · 02-10-2004, 01:23 AM

Is eth0 a wireless eithernet adapter? What driver are you using for your wireless card? Does it work if you do an ifconfig eth0 up first?

santasballz · 02-10-2004, 01:42 AM

iam not really sure work eth0 is, but its most likley adaptor
iam using belkin adaptor

sorry it does work with ifconfig eth0, i get this:
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:5D:FD

2:A7
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19 Base address:0xec00

santasballz · 02-10-2004, 11:03 AM

any idea?

moosedaddy · 02-10-2004, 11:30 AM

Have you installed the wireless tools?

santasballz · 02-10-2004, 02:18 PM