Hey,

I've recently acquired an old HP Pavilion ZT3000 and have decided to install Slackware, but I'm having trouble with the whole rc.inet1 configuration stuff.

I've been able to connect to the internet manually with the following command: (...and then use "dhcpcd" to get an ip address.)

As you can see, eth0 is my wireless interface. Not exactly sure why (the comp has a IR port,wifi and Ethernet.)

I'm using a shared WEP key (I know the security implications of WEP). The key being shared is the reason restricted is a parameter in the iwconfig command.


I've been trying to get it working through /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 but I can't seem to setup rc.inet1.config correctly I'm not sure where to set the key to "shared"

Any ideas?

PS. I've searched the forums and I could use the working iwconfig command with ./bash_profile as a startup script. This has the problem I need sudo (ie setup /etc/sudoer), which seems like a lot of work, when rc.inet should work. And it also has the problem of having to enter my password THREE times (login, sudo iwconfig and for sudo dhcpcd) which is horrible (and I don't even know how it would work when I set X to begin on startup again)

I probably could also install "wicd" but having to ferry across files and trying to setup things without the internet is a pain.

Check here for help, http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...ckware:network
but something like
WLAN_KEY[0]="restricted [1] yourkeyhere key [1]"

You might also find this thread useful:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...560/page4.html

Good luck, I know I kind of fell into a working config on a Dell C810 where wireless is eth0.

edit: Took a stab at a more correct WLAN_KEY line.

Maybe install wicd a cool GUI alternative.

You could also use wpa_supplicant, it supports wep mode.
Then you need to put these in inet1.conf:
Directly specifying wep in inet1 is also possible. But wpa_supplicant is really usefull if you move your laptop around between networks.
If all you ever need to connect to is this one network, go ahead an configure it in inet1.conf. If you want an idea what the possibilities are, just look at the comments at the bottom of the file. Just replace the number between [ and ] from 4 to 0.
Be sure to also take a look at the wiki that jamesf linked above.

Ok thanks guys, I've managed to get it working using rc.inet.conf (although I'm not using wpa_supplicant) with your help.

It's really ugly right now, but at least it works - it'll make solving all my other problems much easier.

Thanks again.