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Petrhos

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From: Barreiro

Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 11

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dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

How can i solve this situation?

iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

rc.conf

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I also use gnome-network-manager

Zerathidune

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Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

Re: dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

Can you provide some more information? what precisely is the problem? It's hard to tell just form your iwconfig output. Is the problem that wmaster0 doesn't claim any wireless extensions, or that wlan0 won't associate? what is the second code block supposed to be? what wireless chipset are you using? what have you tried already? are you using native drivers or ndiswrapper?

Petrhos

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From: Barreiro

Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 11

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Re: dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

I'm using  iwl3945 a Intel
This error apears in my errors.log file, and I want to solve and understand it

Mar 29 19:31:38 archy intel_rng: FWH not detected
Mar 29 19:31:44 archy dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Mar 29 19:31:45 archy dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

Zerathidune

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Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 102

Re: dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

Ah. I actually have the same chipset and am having the same issue, now that you point it out, but the card works, so I haven't been worrying about it. Are you having any difficulties with the functioning of the card, or just these error messages?

I'm afraid I don't know off the top of my head the answer to this.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

When you connect to a wired network, there's two things you do:
1) plug cable in
2) get an IP

On wireless, it's the same principle
1) associate with wireless network
2) get an IP

Just like a wired network, you must do them in that order. If you try to get an IP before associating, that's like trying to get an IP on a wired connection without plugging the cable in.

So first, you need to tell it to connect to your wireless network. There's lots of ways, netcfg2, wicd, networkmanager, etc.

take a look at the Arch wiki!

Last edited by iphitus (2008-03-29 21:46:56)

Petrhos

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From: Barreiro

Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 11

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Re: dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

So first, you need to tell it to connect to your wireless network. There's lots of ways, netcfg2, wicd, networkmanager, etc.

I use networkmanager, how can i do that?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801

use network manager select your network, and hit connect?

Last edited by iphitus (2008-03-30 07:59:17)