wireless

[Manuel Arostegui Ramirez]

On Wednesday 06 June 2007 11:39:18 LC wrote:
> >> I have a fedora 6 box which acts as a router. I would like to provide
> >> wireless access using this box. I bought a Linksys WAP54G Access Point,
> >> set
> >> up dhcpd on the fedora box. What other packages do i need?
> >>
> >> regards
> >
> > Ummm nothing, if you're already routing conections (wired ones) you just
> > have
> > to change some routes and interfaces definitions (if the wireless one is
> > not
> > called as the wired one) and it should works
>
> Do you mean iwconfig? I tried iwconfig eth1 mode Managed and it replied
>
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

Firstly, is that your wireless interfaz?

Secondly, put it down, make all the changes required and then bring it up 
again.

-- 
Manuel Arostegui Ramirez.

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