Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>> Dave wrote:
>
>> unfortunately the LFS docs assume if you have wifi then you have wired.
>> They only covered Dynamic addressing. I only have WEP security access
>> here. WGET works, that's why I stopped there.
>> They seem the skip the "no-wired & Wifi" option, This system, (not a
>> laptop), will have limited dedicated use. (audio vinyl to mp3)
>>
>>
>> Even though I have to initiate the network with an iwconfig wlan0 essid
>> --- enc ---), and then ifup wlan0. It does start the network that way
>> As for the "/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*" It wouldn't acknowledge the file
>> was there,(ifconfig.wlan0).
>>
>> I modified the /etc/init.d/network.
>> -----------
>> case "${1}" in
>> start)
>> # Start all network interfaces
>> # for file in /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*
>> # do
>> # interface=${file##*/ifconfig.}
>> #
>> # # Skip if $file is * (because nothing was found)
>> # if [ "${interface}" = "*" ]
>> # then
>> # continue
>> # fi
>> #
>> # /sbin/ifup ${interface}
>> # done
>> /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid AUBE enc 9897271076
>> #
>> /sbin/ifup wlan0
>> ;;
>>
>> ---------
>> I did similar for the stop command. Now I can issue 'network start'
>> and the network starts as expected. I can ping and wget without dhcp,
>> ntpdate,samba and ssh work without it. which makes me ask "Is dhcp
>> necessary on a machine with a static IP that
>> only uses the one access point.
>>
>> Where would I insert a 'network start' command without having to log
>> in? (headless, I believe they call it).
>
> It could be done automatically or manually depending on ONBOOT. What's
> needed is a new script to handle wifi. I can't do it because I do not
> have the hardware to do the proper debugging.
>
> However, the consistent way to approach it would be to have
> ifconfig.wlan be something like:
>
> ONBOOT=yes
> IFACE=wlan0
> SERVICE=wifi
> ESSID=AUBE
> KEY=9897271076
>
> The sequence of scripts is:
> /etc/init.d/network
> /sbin/ifup (ifdown)
> /lib/services/<service>
>
> All these use the environment variables in ifconfig.*.
>
> There would need to be a script, /lib/services/wifi, to handle bringing
> the interface up and down. See, for example, /lib/services/ipv4-static
> as an example.
>
> Your workaround is an example of the power of open source.
>
> -- Bruce
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ONBOOT=yes
IFACE=wlan0
SERVICE=wifi
ESSID=AUBE
KEY=9897271076
---------------
changed SERVICE=ipv4-static
I still had to have the /etc/init.d/network file with the
modifications. starts up on its own now..
I'll dig into it more later on, after I get KDE-trinity going.
Thanks for the help..
maybe this will end up in LFS book when done.
Dave
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