Hi, I am using HP compaq 8510p laptop and i have installed RHEL5.4 32bit. And my kernel version is 2.6.18-164.el5PAE..But i can't get my wlan0 up.
When i ifup wlan it shows error #ifup wlan0 Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. Determining IP information for wlan0........ And finally it fails. Please check the error from /var/log/messages Mar 29 13:30:22 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 Mar 29 13:30:24 localhost kernel: iwl4965: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. Mar 29 13:30:24 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio Mar 29 13:30:24 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc Mar 29 13:30:24 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX Mar 29 13:30:24 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX Mar 29 13:30:35 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 Mar 29 13:30:55 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Mar 29 13:31:09 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 Mar 29 13:31:13 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. Mar 29 13:33:15 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Mar 29 13:33:15 localhost dhclient: wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 Mar 29 13:33:15 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 Mar 29 13:33:15 localhost kernel: iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_SCAN_CMD: time out after 500ms. Mar 29 13:33:15 localhost kernel: iwl4965: TX Power requested while scanning! Mar 29 13:33:22 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19 Mar 29 13:33:26 localhost kernel: iwl4965: Microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. Mar 29 13:33:27 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:radio Mar 29 13:33:27 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:assoc Mar 29 13:33:27 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:RX Mar 29 13:33:27 localhost kernel: Registered led device: iwl-phy0:TX Mar 29 13:33:27 localhost kernel: iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_SCAN_CMD: time out after 500ms. Mar 29 13:33:27 localhost kernel: iwl4965: TX Power requested while scanning! Mar 29 13:33:41 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Mar 29 13:33:49 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 Mar 29 13:33:59 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14 Mar 29 13:34:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Mar 29 13:34:16 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. And my ifcfg-wlan0 file # Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection DEVICE=wlan0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=no HWADDR=00:21:5c:63:d5:f1 NETMASK= DHCP_HOSTNAME= IPADDR= BONDING_OPTS= DOMAIN= MASTER= TYPE=Wireless USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes ESSID=myid CHANNEL= MODE=Managed SECURITYMODE=on RATE=auto Please do the needful Thanks &Regards Andrew ~ Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]