On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 11:06 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using the Wifi-method described in > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_Wifi#Using_WPA_and_.2Fetc.2Fnetwork.2Finterfaces > > i.e. having a working config file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > for all my known access points (which is just a copy of that I'm using > daily and stable in my two FreeBSD based laptops); and I'm trying to bring > up the eth0 with > > # ifup eth0 > > this works very unreliable; in (let's say) 8 of 10 cases it can't > associate to the AP, even not after fresh re-boots and independently if > the AP at my home works with WEP or in my office with WPA;
I found that, for WEP networking, the only working way is to manually configure the interface: iwconfig eth0 key <yourkeyhere> iwconfig eth0 essid <yourssidhere> udhcpc eth0 And even then, it's not guaranteed to work, or if it works, it won't for long. HTH, Xav _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community