Hello.
I'm totally new at linux, i'm using windows so i want to try something new. So I would be greatfull for all help i can get.
I've just installed Red Hat 9 on my Toshiba Satelitte Pro 4270 laptop.

I have a 3com 3CRWE737 96B -E1 wireless card and the OS finds it as a Lucent Orinoco and prism II- based PCMCIA wireless. So far so god. When i go in on settings/network (using grafikinterface) and trying to set this wireless controll to active i get this message.

Cant activate networkcontroll eth0!

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06)
SET failed on device eth0: Invalid argument.
Error for wireless request "Set Frequencey" (8B04)
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A)
Invalid argument "s:".

Decide IP-information for eth0.....failed

I have sett my SSID to AUTO and even tried to sett it to the real SSID name.

I have changed the channel to 11 as it is set on my router. I live in europe and its normal (as i understand) to have it on 11. It works with my other network and this card on windows as OS.

When im totally new at Linux i want to use the grafikinterface but im also want to learn more. So if you try to help me, have it in your memory that im a windows user as long as it works. But im willing to learn more but maybe need very exakt instruktions.

Tanks so far!

/mitmit

launch a shell and try:

ifconfig -a

find out the name of your card (eth0, eth1, wlan0 etc) then type:

ifconfig name of your card here up (e.g. ifconfig eth0 up)

then...

pump eth0

your wireless card is unlikely to be called eth0 as your ethernet card normally takes eth0.

cg