fc 7 and onboard wireless nic not paying ball

[Timothy Murphy]

Gregory Machin wrote:


> I have a proline laptop with a "02:04.0 Network controller: Intel
> Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)"
> wireless nic, that fc 7 detects and installs in my network setting
> but when I try and activate it I get the following..
> 
> "Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
>     SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported."
> 
> which setting do i need to set to fix this, I have tried playing with
> the channels ..

I doubt if this is actually an error message,
in the usual meaning of the term.
Does iwconfig say the device is working?

(Actually, "man iwconfig" would tell you how to change the frequency,
but I very much doubt if that is necessary.)

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