On Wednesday 21 July 2010 06:58:59 Dan McGhee wrote:
> Bruce, if I understand what you are saying in relation to the
> book--without knowing the "why" yet--if I "copy and paste" the entries
> in Chapter 7.13 to my 'ifconfig.wlan0/ipv4' I should be able to connect.
> Is this true?
If wlan is a typo just ignore what follows.
I don't believe this is the case. As far as I'm aware wireless cards require
extra packages to function, typically wpa_supplicant, and/or wireless_tools.
A typical manual config for me would look like (for unsecured):
ip link set wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -
c/home/shared/settings/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.hotel -B
and then ip assignment
Also, for this case I believe wpa_supplicant can be replaced with 'iwconfig
wlan0 essid name', but it's been awhile.
cat /home/shared/settings/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.hotel
network={
ssid="mchotspot"
key_mgmt=NONE
}
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Regards,
Trent.
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