The configuration is a bit of a mess in Debian. I think that the proper place to put the password is somewhere in /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, but it is quite confusing. I think that your modification of /etc/network/interfaces must be done too.
-Nathan On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:49:12AM -0400, Sam Kalat wrote: > I had a bit of pain getting my wireless card (Dell TrueMobile 1150) to work > under Debian after relying on 'neat' in RedHat. My memory is a bit fuzzy but > I think this is what it took: > > in /etc/network/interfaces, setup to use DHCP: > iface eth1 inet dhcp > > in /etc/modules.conf, the module I use (previously was modprobing it every > time I used the card): > alias eth1 orinoco_cs > > At a loss for where else to put it, I made a small script to call (well, with > an actual key and SSID): > #!/bin/sh > iwconfig eth1 key 0000000000000000000000000 > iwconfig eth1 essid "MySSID" > > I run that and do 'ifup eth1' and it works. I bet there is a more elegant and > approved method, but I didn't know where to look for one. Does that help? > > Sam > > > On Sunday 13 June 2004 09:12 pm, Roy Vestal wrote: > > OK, I know I've bugging the crap out of everyone about WEP so I'll do it > > again. :P > > > > Anyway, I have an old Fedora Core laptop that I've installed Debian > > Testing, cause I want to learn "the other side". Here's what I did on my > > FC laptop (I have more than one) and it got the wireless working: > > > > iwconfig eth1 essid mynetwork key 12345abcde678fgh > > ifconfig eth1 up > > dhclient eth1 > > > > I STILL haven't been able to get the Debian box to connect. I get > > access point address 44:44:44:44:44:44, which according to the howto's > > I've seen this means it can't see my access point. I'm litterally > > sitting next to it to make that not a problem. > > > > I know this laptop with this NIC connects to this access point under > > Windows and FC1. > > > > Thanks for the help guys and gals. > > Roy > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- Nathan J. Conrad Chapel Hill, NC, USA http://bungled.net GPG: F4FC 7E25 9308 ECE1 735C 0798 CE86 DA45 9170 3112
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