wlan0 script help

comprookie2000 · 11-27-2005, 03:51 PM

I have Slackware 10.2 installed on my laptop and when I am hanging out on the couch I like to use wireless. Here is how I connect;

Code:

ifconfig eth0 down
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.10 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.0.1

This works great. Could someone help me with a script to automate this, thanks

fouldsy · 11-28-2005, 08:26 AM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Wireless network connection script

ifconfig eth0 down
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid linksys
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.10 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.0.1

Stick that into /etc/init.d/ or /etc/rc.d (can't remember with Slack!) and then "chmod a+x wireless.sh", depending on what you saved it as. You then simply run your script as "/etc/init.d/wireless.sh" and let it connect. You'd need to run that as root due to the networking tools required, or a more elegant way I run it is to configure sudo to allow a normal user to execute it. You could add this to your default runlevel to load on each boot, depending on whether it's you primary network or not...

comprookie2000 · 11-28-2005, 10:19 AM

Thanks alot, looks easy now but when you don't know you just don't.

fouldsy · 11-28-2005, 10:56 AM

Quick + dirty bash scripting simply requires you stick "#!/bin/bash" at the top of your document, then each command on a new line. Change the pemissions so it can be executed, and it's no different a text file really :-) It's worth reading up on bash scripting as it's actually pretty powerful to control all sorts of things on your system! Have fun!