intel3945 WLAN and Siemens ADSL Modem

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Thu Jun 26 19:26:52 UTC 2008


d das wrote:
> Hello Friends
> 
> I have one 'Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
> (rev 02)' card (quoted from `lspci`) in my Lenovo laptop. And my
> Siemens ADSL modem has a Wireless network facility. But, though I set
> the network up according to the modem manual, I am not being able to
> get the wlan0 up.
> 
> 'service network start' is giving me a message like this:
> <<
> Bringing up interface wlan0:  Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
> 
> Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
>  failed.
> 
> And 'dmesg' is telling:
> <<
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> iwl3945: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
> 
> My question is, is some problem there in the wlan driver or I am
> making some stupid mistake in setting up the wireless? See, I am
> absolutely ignorant about both wireless and network, and so, please
> make your reply as less cryptic as possible.
> 
 From the message, it looks like the hardware switch that kills the 
wireless NIC is turned off. If this is a laptop, check the manual or 
look for a little LED with a switch next to it.

Mikkel
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