[Orinoco-users] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

[Roberto Guida]

Hello everyone, with the wireless:

Intersil Corporation|Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset, (vendor:1260 device:3872
subv:1468 subd:0200)

after loading orinoco_pci module, i get this with dmesg:

eth0: Hardware identity 8022:0000:0001:0000
eth0: Station identity 001f:0004:0001:0007
eth0: Firmware determined as Intersil 1.7.4
eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth0: MAC address 00:02:8A:A0:83:D6
eth0: Station name "Prism I"
eth0: ready
eth0: orinoco_pci at 0000:02:05.0
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)

It seems the driver recognize properly the hardware, but it doesn't
work; what this error means?:

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)

Thanx
Rob

[Paul Matthias Diderichsen]

Hi,

Post by Roberto Guida
It seems the driver recognize properly the hardware, but it doesn't
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)

Are you sure that you are within the range of the wireless network that
you try to connect to? Did you set the ESSID yourself? Is it correct? Is
the network encrypted? Did you enter the correct key?

If you use something like the gnome network manager, do you see *any*
available networks?

(Just to get you started until somebody gives you a more thorough help ;-) )

Kind regards,

[Roberto Guida]

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen
Hi,

Hi thanks for your reply,

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen

Post by Roberto Guida
It seems the driver recognize properly the hardware, but it doesn't
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)

Are you sure that you are within the range of the wireless network that
you try to connect to?

Yes, I'm half meter away from my router.

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen
Did you set the ESSID yourself?

Yes, done.

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen
Is it correct? Is
the network encrypted?

I've a 128-bit WEP key, but I tried also without encryption.

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen
Did you enter the correct key?

Yes, but only once.. then I thought it should be better to try without
encryption, so now I'm working without encryption;

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen
If you use something like the gnome network manager, do you see *any*
available networks?

No, I cannot see any network.. I've tried variuos program, like
Kwifimanager, kismet and networkmanager..but nothing;

Post by Paul Matthias Diderichsen
(Just to get you started until somebody gives you a more thorough help ;-) )
Kind regards,

thanxs a lot, hope u will help me more again.. what can i try more?
Rob

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

Post by Roberto Guida
eth0: Hardware identity 8022:0000:0001:0000
eth0: Station identity 001f:0004:0001:0007
eth0: Firmware determined as Intersil 1.7.4
eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth0: MAC address 00:02:8A:A0:83:D6
eth0: Station name "Prism I"
eth0: ready
eth0: orinoco_pci at 0000:02:05.0
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
It seems the driver recognize properly the hardware, but it doesn't
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready

This is not from the driver. I believe this comes from
net/ipv6/addrconf.c in Linux sources. I don't use IPv6 with wireless
networks, so I don't know how critical it is.

Post by Roberto Guida
eth0: New link status: Disconnected (0002)

This means that the card is not associated to any access point. You can
use "iwlist eth0 scan" to scan for access points and "iwconfig" to see
the settings of the card.