wireless WEP

lord_shadow · 05-30-2006, 01:45 PM

Hi, I have a problem with the WEP configuration on my wireless network. First of all I have a Debian Sarge and MadWiFi driver already installed and working. I set up the key with iwconfig:

iwconfig ath0 key s:Password

and it works...but then, when I reboot my pc, the configuration is cleared, so i have to write again the config. Is there another way to save the key? I tried with the waproamd daemon and writing the key in the /etc/network/interface file, but it doesn't work.

Thanks

macemoneta · 05-30-2006, 02:04 PM

You can create a script to setup the wireless, then have it executed at boot by following the instructions in the Debian FAQ:

Quote:

10.6 It looks as if Debian does not use rc.local to customize the boot process; what facilities are provided?

Suppose a system needs to execute script foo on start-up, or on entry to a particular (System V) runlevel. Then the system administrator should:

* Enter the script foo into the directory /etc/init.d/.

* Run the Debian command update-rc.d with appropriate arguments, to set up links between the (command-line-specified) directories rc?.d and /etc/init.d/foo. Here, '?' is a number from 0 through 6 and corresponds to each of the System V runlevels.

* Reboot the system.

The command update-rc.d will set up links between files in the directories rc?.d and the script in /etc/init.d/. Each link will begin with a 'S' or a 'K', followed by a number, followed by the name of the script. Scripts beginning with 'S' in /etc/rcN.d/ are executed when runlevel N is entered. Scripts beginning with a 'K' are executed when leaving runlevel N.

One might, for example, cause the script foo to execute at boot-up, by putting it in /etc/init.d/ and installing the links with update-rc.d foo defaults 19. The argument 'defaults' refers to the default runlevels, which are 2 through 5. The argument '19' ensures that foo is called before any scripts containing numbers 20 or larger.

lord_shadow · 05-30-2006, 02:20 PM

thank you very much, it works ok