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ristretto

Member

Registered: 2007-07-06

Posts: 50

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :

My wireless Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
works fine when I boot up with

:
MODULES=(slhc tg3 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore vboxdrv !iwl3945 ipw3945 evdev psmouse) 
:
eth1="eth1 192.168.0.42 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
wlan_eth1="eth1 essid flyer"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)
INTERFACES=(lo eth1)
:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng ipw3945d network netfs crond sshd alsa )

in /etc/rc.conf

Then, occasionally it just stops working.  I haven't worked out why.

In an attempt to get it going again, I tried this

/etc/rc.d/network restart

But, I get this error.

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

Any ideas what is going wrong?

harlekin

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2006-07-13

Posts: 408

Re: Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :

It seems to me as if your card goes to suspend or something, because this is the error I get when trying to perform operations to my wireless adapter if it's switched off.

Are there some power saving options that might cause the problem?

edit: Somehow I don't get this error anymore, so I don't know how correct / incorrect my suggestion is. Although I think it's worth finding out.

Last edited by harlekin (2007-09-16 08:52:20)

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ristretto

Member

Registered: 2007-07-06

Posts: 50

Re: Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :

I had a quick look in the bios, but didn't find anything to change.  This does seems to happen after leaving the machine alone for a while.  So, the suspend theory makes sense.  It happens sporadically; I'll do some more snooping next chance I get.  Thanks