Jeff D wrote: > Anton Piatek wrote: > >> Hi, >> My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this: >> >> iface eth1 inet dhcp >> essid "ant-wifi" >> channel 01 >> wireless-key ... >> >> yet if I just run "ifup eth1" the card does not connect. once I run >> "iwconfig eth1 channel 01" the ifup command works perfectly. Do i need >> to add something to the config file to make it work? It behaves like the >> options are not being passed to iwconfig before launching the dhcp >> client. >> >> Thanks, >> Anton >> >> >> > > Hi, > > Try it with options like: > > iface eth1 inet dhcp > wireless-ap 00:AA:BF:AA:AA:AA > wireless-essid ESSID > wireless-channel 02 > ....... > > > Cheers,
that was it! I suppose the fact that my key had the "wireless-" prefix should have been a give away. It also worked better when I didnt have the essid in quotes. Thanks again! Anton -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: 02088 702 664 mobile: 07900 951 627 work: 01962 816 557 blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [0xB307BAEF] (http://tastycake.net/~anton/anton.asc) fingerprint: 116A 5F01 1E5F 1ADE 78C6 EDB3 B9B6 E622 B307 BAEF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
