Finally got around top putting F7 on my lappy & need a radio

[David G. Miller]

Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:

> Since part of this is F7 problems on the lappy, I've also copied this to
> the fedora list.
>
>   
>> >Gene Heskett schrieb:
>>     
>>> >> On Saturday 02 June 2007, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
>>>       
>>>> >>> Gene Heskett schrieb:
>>>>         
>
> [snip]
>
>   
>>> >> This seems to have worked except I cannot get it to service DHCP requests
>>> >> coming in over ath0, or then to allow a packet to go past even if I give it static addresses.
>>>       
>> >
>> >the following steps are needed. turn the wireless interface you want to
>> >client mode
>>     
>
> Since the lappy is the client, and the atheros card in the x86 dd-wrt box is the AP,
> I've put that in the lappies /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 profile, then did
> an ifdown wlan0;ifup wlan0, but it rejects that with:
>
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8b06) :
> 	invalid argument "Client"
 From the iwconfig man page:

       mode   Set the operating mode of the device, which depends on the 
network topology. The mode  can  be
              Ad-Hoc (network composed of only one cell and without 
Access Point), Managed (node connects to
              a network composed of many Access Points, with roaming), 
Master (the node is the  synchronisa-
              tion  master  or  acts  as an Access Point), Repeater (the 
node forwards packets between other
              wireless nodes), Secondary (the node acts as a backup 
master/repeater), Monitor (the  node  is
              not associated with any cell and passively monitor all 
packets on the frequency) or Auto.
              Example :
                   iwconfig eth0 mode Managed
                   iwconfig eth0 mode Ad-Hoc

Not sure where you're setting mode to "client" but that's not a valid 
value.  Managed tends to work unless you know what you're doing and you 
know why you need one of the other vales.

Cheers,
Dave

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