Boot delay "Error for wireless request "Set Frequ

Forum: Networking
Topic: Boot delay "Error for wireless request "Set Frequ
started by: sheldonisaac

Posted by sheldonisaac on Oct. 27 2007,19:48

Hi, when frugal DSL 4.0 boots, there's a long delay with a message as follows:
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Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.

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The wireless adapter is a "Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series PC Card" in a Dell C610 laptop. Driver is "orinoco_cs"

Thanks for any help you can give to avoid that delay,

Sheldon

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dsl@box:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"sheldon" Nickname:"HERMES I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:18:39:7B:02:99
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:62/92 Signal level:-36 dBm Noise level:-98 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:3
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth1 no wireless extensions.

Posted by jpeters on Oct. 28 2007,08:40

hm...looks likes it's ready to go. Did you pump it: "sudo pump -i eth0" ?

Also, try ejecting/reinserting the card and then running a script manually.

Posted by sheldonisaac on Nov. 06 2007,16:46

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hm...looks likes it's ready to go. Did you pump it: "sudo pump -i eth0" ?

Also, try ejecting/reinserting the card and then running a script manually.

Thanks, it was the delay I wanted to avoid, while something was trying to "Set Frequency". Apparently that adapter doesn't understand that request.

The card is kind-of built in to the Dell laptop.

The folllowing two lines in /opt/bootlocal/sh seem to make it work without that long delay:

Code Sample

sudo iwconfig eth0 mode managed essid sheldon key xxxxxxxxxx 2>&1 >/dev/null
sudo pump -i eth0

If anyone has ideas on how to make it better, I'd appreciate that.

Thanks again,

Sheldon