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JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Autowifi Operation not supported?

Hey all,

I've got a TrendNet TEW-421pc pcmcia wireless card that Arch picked up as a rtl8180 module.  I can scan networks and everything, but I can't get on to a network...so I thought I'd try Autowifi.  My network is REALLY simple...completely open and it's nearly impossible to misspell the essid.  When I got Autowifi configured I ended up with these errors:

ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 --

Any ideas what that means and how to fix it?

I've also tried the typical:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid "NETWORKNAME"
dhcpcd wlan0

and it gives me:

err, wlan0: timed out
warn, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.139.23

Last edited by JazzplayerL9 (2008-12-18 04:41:30)

ichbinesderelch

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 203

Re: Autowifi Operation not supported?

what is the output of dmesg | tail? and i guess you ran those commands with sudo? maybe try another module for your card?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Autowifi Operation not supported?

give FULL output, not just the bits you think look interesting.

JazzplayerL9

Member

Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: Autowifi Operation not supported?

I had another wireless card laying around that I stuck into the computer and it recognized it and started working.  If you want, I'll keep working with the first card just so the problem can be solved...but it'll be a few days before I can get to it.  Thanks for the responses.