> > hey all, > I just got a new laptop and have been trying to get the wireless up and > running in linux... good fun. The computer uses some no-name-brand of > wireless pci card [creatix CTX714] based on some version of the prism > chipset. I got the drivers working by using ndiswrapper to use the windows > drivers that came with the box, and everything from iwconfig to the little > bar I added on my desktop recognizes it. But there's one problem that > prevents me from connecting to anything... whenever I try to bring up the > interface through ifconfig eth0 up, it gives me the error:: > SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such file or directory > I tried researching this thing but have no idea what it is and what file it's > referencing too... I tried reloading all my modules, kernels 2.4.22-2.6.7 (no > joke, all of them), 3 different distributions, and nothing changes that > message. Any ideas? > > -Alex
Hi, If you can lend credence to a Windows user with very little network knowledge, I recently heard that installing antivirus software before the wireless network, creates problems. Haven't tested that myself, however. Tom
