On 1/13/06, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Darcy wrote: > > Jeremy Monnet wrote: > >> I haven't seen (hope I didn't miss it) any related topics for > >> wireless, such as compilation of wireless-tools, and scripts for the > >> wireless to be setup at startup. Not a big issue at all (I have it > >> running on lfs 6.0 with kernel 2.6.14 for an IPW2200), but I wonder if > >> this is plan to add this in a next book, or if there is a reason for > >> not supporting it at all ? Because of course having something working > >> doesn't mean at all for me that I did the right thing at the right > >> place ... > >> > > Truthfull, > > > > Take into account the other cards, the other specific versions required > > to get the cards working, ndis etc etc and it would just be unmaintainable. > > > > Truth being told in my opinion anyone who is using LFS should be able to > > read up on the basics of installing wirless connectivity, and there are > > bunch of people on the lists/irc who have done it who will help out, but > > as it stands I don't think its realistic or fair to expect LFS/BLFS to > > cover wirless connectivity. > > > > Matt. > > I don't think he was asking to support various wireless networking > hardware or how to setup the drivers - just instructions on how to use > wireless_tools. If so, then I think it shouldn't be too much to add a > single page to the networking section describing how to install > wireless_tools, use encryption, etc... That's right. Of course it will not be possible to support all kind of hardware (BTW same problem with video cards ...) I thought of the wireless-tools compiling in itself, and of the startup scripts. Things basic and generic such as adding a WIRELESS=(YES|NO), ESSID=?, WEP=?, variables in the ifconfig.eth1/ipv4 file for example. Same thing for other devices, nothing is said about ethernet cards, but configuration scripts for ethernet networking are present nevertheless. :-)
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