Hey .. i hav just brought the HP laptop with INTEL 3945 wireless .... i hav installed FC 5 n intall ipw3945 driver .. now problem is i cant enable "mode monitor"
i m getting the following error
Code:
[root@localhost tmp]# iwconfig eth1 mode monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
output of iwpriv
there is no mode available
Code:
[root@localhost tmp]# iwpriv
lo no private ioctls.
eth0 no private ioctls.
eth1 Available private ioctls :
set_power (8BE0) : set 1 int & get 0
get_power (8BE1) : set 0 & get 80 char
set_mode (8BE2) : set 1 int & get 0
get_mode (8BE3) : set 0 & get 80 char
set_preamble (8BE4) : set 1 int & get 0
get_preamble (8BE5) : set 0 & get 16 char
reset (8BE7) : set 0 int & get 0
[root@localhost tmp]#
i m also getting some waring in iwconfig .. i hav absoultly no idea about it
Code:
[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...
eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency=nan kHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm
Retry limit:15 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:2 Missed beacon:0
[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]#
MY KERNEL version ..
Code:
[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17.8 #1 SMP Wed Aug 16 04:04:55 AST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]#
i dont know wat to do now .. i hav googled but couldnt find any solution
regards
Slack BABY