Chris Staub wrote: > On 11/27/2012 05:15 PM, Dave wrote: >> Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: >>> On Tuesday 27 November 2012 11:09:33 Dave wrote: >>> >>>> I only have WiFi with WEP encryption here, can the WICD pkg and DHCP >>>> alone handle this connect? >>>> >>> >>> You will need some other packages, like wpa_supplicant, but the >>> answer is yes. >>> It is late here, and I am tired, but I can come back to the issue if >>> you need >>> advice. I am working with WICD and DHCP. > > If you're just using WEP, then you don't really need anything other > than wireless_tools. Of course you also want dhcpcd if you're > connecting via dhcp, but that's actually separate from the wireless > settings. Just install wireless_tools (see BLFS) and type "iwconfig > [wlan0] essid [SSIDof_your_router] enc [encryption_key]" before > bringing up your network connection - and maybe add that to your > network startup script. > had trouble with Ralink proprietary driver, took 2 days to realize ANOTHER driver was missing
I don't have dhcp or dhcpcd installed, but I can start the network with "network start". What actually calls the script /etc/init.d/network start on initial boot? I suspect dhcp... does it. Dave -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
