[MLB-WIRELESS] Having trouble setting Channels on Roamabouts in Linux RH 7.3

Matt matthew.c.boyd at uts.edu.au
Tue Jul 9 12:10:44 EST 2002


iwconfig eth1 2.422G
iwconfig eth1 2.427G
iwconfig eth1 2.432G etc


you might want to note that the channels overlap so if you don't want them 
interferring with each other then pick channels further apart
I'd go
2.412
2.437
2.457 or 2.462
Matt


At 01:53 AM 9/07/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Which version of the orinoco_cs driver are you using?
>
>Cheers,
>Martin
>
> > Have 3 cards in the Linux box want to keep 2 on the same channel
>(channel 5)
> > and 1 on other channel (channel 2)
> >
> > I can set different frequency i.e. 2.422, 2.427 using iwconfig which is
>the
> > same as channel I suppose.
> >
> > But if I try to use iwconfig to set the channel it does not work here is
>my
> > syntax
> >
> > iwconfig eth3 channel 5
> >
> > error for wireless request Set Frequency (8b04) :
> > SET failed on device eth3: Operation was not supported
> >
> >
> > this happens on any card when I try to change the channel.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mikel
>
>
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