[Prism54-users] cannot switch to monitor or managed mode

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:06:47AM -0000, akshar SNIFFER wrote:
>  ?hello everybody ,
> 
> I am continuously switching the mode from managed to monitor and from monitor to managed ,using the commands
> 
>       iwconfig eth1 mode managed 
>       iwconfig eth1 mode monitor 
> 
> After doing this some 25 times ,i get an error message 
> 
>  Error for wireless request "set mode"(8b06)
>  set failed on device  eth1 :input /output err
> 
> Now the card is not responding properly , I cannot use tcpdump even in monitor mode.Somtimes the iwconfig gives the result as
>  
>         eth1 : no wireless extention
> but the green light is still glowing (but not the orange light)
> 
> I tried to reset the card as
> 
>      iwpriv eth1 reset 
> But it did not help
> 
> MY SPECIFICATION'S 
> 1)OS : linux 2.4.26 
> 2)WLAN card :Netgear WG511 cardbus with intersil prism chipset
> 3)Firmware : isl3890
> 4)WLAN Driver :prism54
>               (downloaded sourcecode :prism54-cvs-latest.tar.bz2)


This could just be a firmware bug. I believe we do what we're supposed
to do for a mode change. Please try another firmware version.

	Luis

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