On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Mark Goldshtein <[email protected]> wrote: > Debian 5 Stable. > System installed from KDE CD ISO. Graphic logon screen is stopeed by > > # sysv-rc-conf kdm off > > So the system initially boot into plain text console. > WiFi interface is eth1. According to # ifconfig it is up after boot. > > # iwconfig eth1 ESSID [essid name] key s:[WPAkey] mode Managed > > is working, eth1 connect with ESSID, but there is no IP assigned > according to # ifconfig and no Access Point visible in # iwconfig > output. So, next I am trying to obtain the IP manually: > > $ dhclient eth1 -s 192.168.1.1 > > But no success. After few medium-long tryings (DHCPDISCOVER?) it is > falling to sleep. > Under KDE with KNetworkManager everything works fine, I just need to > provide a pass to open a KWallet. > > Please, how to establish a connection manually right in text console? >
First you need a package named `wpasupplicant' then do something like this link[1] [1] http://wiki.debian.org/WPA -- Regards, G -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
