Wireless connection

apffal · 05-26-2007, 09:51 AM

In Debian "etch" I always need to introduce a WEP password in "network-admin" to get wireless connection.
Is it possible store that password and getting wireless connection on boot ?
I'm using a D-Link wireless card.
Thanks.

cpd05 · 05-27-2007, 12:05 PM

Hey,

The /etc/network/interfaces file is where the config information for network cards is stored. See the interfaces manual page (man interfaces), it gives more information.

Chris.

apffal · 05-27-2007, 05:34 PM

Still doesn't work
That is my /etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

# Wireless
auto eth2

allow-hotplug eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

wireless-essid linksys
wireless-key 1234567890

amishtechie · 05-27-2007, 08:15 PM

This should be your configuration in /etc/network/interfaces using the madwifi drivers and wireless-tools according to http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Dis...eMadWifidevice

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid wep.net
wireless-key 46f04863257ac8040905ea0002
Hope it helps. It is the same site I used as a reference for configuring a D-link card with wpa at boot.

Junior Hacker · 05-28-2007, 01:24 AM

I don't know if kwifimanager is a KDE app, I don't think so because it is in the networking section of Synaptic, not KDE, (if my memory serves me correctly). I don't have Gnome and have it installed, so not sure what's the scoop, nor do I use passwords as I only link to public networks so far. Check what buddy in the last post of this Ubuntu forum thread did to have an auto link to his wireless connection:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=193930