[ale] Orinoco Gold in Master mode

[Christopher Fowler]

I'm trying to set an Orinoco Gold into master mode and am having a
problem:

[cfowler at ze1250 cfowler]$ uname -a
Linux ze1250.linxdev.com 2.6.10-1.771_FC2custom #1 Tue Apr 12 14:35:58
EDT 2005 
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[cfowler at ze1250 cfowler]$ iwconfig eth1
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 17
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 16.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"jupiter"  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point:
00:06:25:9B:A7:0C  
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3  
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:36/92  Signal level:-50 dBm  Noise level:-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

[cfowler at ze1250 cfowler]$ sudo iwconfig eth1 mode Master
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
[cfowler at ze1250 cfowler]$ 


In the past I've upgraded my kernel but never upgraded wireless tools.