On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 08:52:58AM -0600, Tim Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gordon Rowell wrote: > >[...] > >#!/bin/sh > > > >/sbin/iwconfig eth2 mode managed \ > > essid "<somestring>" \ > > nick "<hostname>" \ > > key s:<someotherstring> \ > > rate 11M > > > I am guessing that essid "<somestring>" should be either the other > computer or in my cas the ID of the wireless access point at my ISP. This is your "network id" - it should be unique and preferably longish. You can put quite a lot of special characters (?*, etc.) in there. This is the first part of "WEP security" (this being is an oxymoron). In your case, your ISP will probably define a "network id" somewhere in the docs (and hope they don't use "ANY"). > nick should be hostname of my e-smith gateway? That's what I do. It means the Windoze tools allow you to see a name for the card, not just its MAC address. > key s: - does this have to do with encription and if my isp doesn't have > encryption turned on may this be left blank? Yep. Leave out the "key" and its option. This is all in the iwconfig man page. Wanna write a new HOWTO? Gordon -- Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] VP Engineering Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
