On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Ben Reser wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:17:08AM +0200, Dick Visser wrote:
> > add a line like this to /etc/modules.conf:
> > eth1 airport
> > that automagically loads airport hermes etc.
>
> I've had trouble with the kernel automagically loading the other two
> modules. So I never tried putting that in modules.conf. I'll give it a
> try before I reboot next time.
>
> BTW you want:
> alias eth1 airport
>
> > then add appropiate keys to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> > see man iwconfig for those keys
>
> This is something else I didn't know. However iwconfig doesn't define
> the correct variables to set in the ifcfg. You can find a complete list
> in the ifup command by searching for iwconfig.
>
> However, the two important ones for me are:
> WIRELESS_ESSID
> WIRELESS_ENC_KEY
>
> At any rate thanks for this information. Now I don't need my airport
> startup script anymore (assuming this works).
>
You could add a
below airport hermes orinico
in /etc/modules.conf if the dependencies don't pick them up
Stew Benedict
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