Re: sarge wireless config

From: Ganeshram Iyer (ganeshramiyer_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/30/05

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    Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:39:32 -0500
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    On 9/29/05, Thore Senneset <thore@senneset.net> wrote:
    > | iwconfig eth0 essid test mode managed key on enc 11111111111111111111111111
    > | ifup eth0 (this sometimes says eth0 is already configured and quits)
    > | ifconfig (did it work)
    > Why not smack the whole thing in /etc/network/interfaces (assuming
    > you're using DHCP):
    >
    > auto eth0
    > iface eth0 inet dhcp
    > wireless-essid test
    > wireless-key 11111111111111111111111111i am afraid, being a newbie, i dont quite know what to do with the entries you have suggested. the following is the information in my current /etc/network/interfaces.
    > wireless-mode Managed
    > wireless-rate auto
    > wireless-nick your-host-name

    thanks for the reply,
    a few more quick questions (i'm a bit of a newbie). do I just add the
    info you gave at the end of the /etc/network/interfaces file? also i
    roam with this laptop. would inputting all this info in prevent me
    from using other wlans? i also use a lan card in the same socket as
    the wireless pcmcia if there are no wlans available. how do i account
    for this in the interfaces? any gui out there that would help me do
    this on the fly without modifying the interfaces file for each essids
    that i use?

    my interfaces file
    =====
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback

    # This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.
    # They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.
    mapping hotplug
            script grep
            map eth0

    # The primary network interface
    iface eth0 inet dhcp

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