i have looked, browsed, etc. for a way to save my iwconfig settings after reboot. some specifics:

installed my windows driver for 1350 via ndiswrapper.
activated it w/ modprobe
configured it with iwconfig (ie wlan0 essid, wlan0 key)
ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0
everything works great
ndiswrapper -m (but i added vi /etc/module)
so.... wlan0 is seen on reboot, BUT the settings from iwconfig is lost.
thus, i have to reconfig.

ok all of you guru kids. i want a clear answer. i am running kubuntu.
and, FYI i have tried to use the kiwconfig UI with no luck. i would
prefer to do backend. thanks.

j5

You can always have a start up script to do this. I don't use Ubuntu, but the start up scripts should be inside a directory in /etc. All you have to do is add the iwconfig commands to one of the scripts. In Slackware I use /etc/rc.d/rc.local . Look for something like that, it may be in different directories like rc.0, rc.1, rc.2 etc, one for each runlevel.

I found something in http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/...ix.html#rcboot

The startup scripts are in /etc/init.d .

And you can create the directory /etc/rc.boot and put your script in there, with the iwconfig commands.

it seems like scripts is all that i can find too.
i tried editing the wireless.opts file but i got nathin. this can't be that hard.
i will continue my search. once i get this done i am going to post
all of this, from ndiswrapper to saving saving config, on the forum and my
blog. i know someone has this all laid out.

anyway, thanks for your help and if anyone else knows where the golden
ticket is, please post!!

5

ok. true to my word.. here it is. this is a full description of how to configure a wireless card that is not supported by default.
NOTE: i am using Kubuntu (although it works with its base, Ubuntu) and a truemoble 1350 (broadcom).

ok.

#apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

this will install ndiswrapper. the other vital component is the winXP driver. go to support.dell.com and find the driver for truemoble
1350 (if your using a different card just find the driver) -- you won't be able to use the newest driver. you will need to unpack it..
i used a windows system because fudge figuring out on linux. save the .inf file (in my case bcmwl5a.inf or bcmwl5.inf) to some removable
device and transfer to linux system.

#ndiswrapper -i /path/to/.inf

make sure installed

#ndiswrapper -l

should say it is installed and there is a device that works with it. if it doesn't, find a different driver.

#modprobe ndiswrapper

for linux to "see" the card/driver/ndiswrapper

#ndiswrapper -m

or

#nano /etc/modules

this is to add ndiswrapper to modules .... so, your card will be loaded on boot. if you choose the second option, as i did, 'nano' will
start up and you will be able to add 'ndiswrapper' to one of the lines. each module to its own line!! example:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
lp
mousedev
psmouse
ndiswrapper <---------WHAT I ADDED

you see i have added ndiswrapper. save this... directions are on the bottem of screen. now you must configure the network interfaces

#nano /etc/network/interfaces

you'll be presented with the following:

# 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

# This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces.
# They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem.
mapping hotplug
script grep
map eth0

# The primary network interface

_______________________________________________________________________this is what you need to pay attention to______ADDED

iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid MYESSID
wireless-key MYWEPKEY
auto wlan0
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ADDED


the area with the lines are added, so don't get confused. what i have added under both 'iface eth0 inet dhcp' and 'ifance wlan0 inet dhcp' the option 'auto xxx'. under the wlan0 section you must add 'wireless-essid YOURESSID' and 'wireless-key YOURWEPKEY'. now save. restart. done. another note: i
use nano, but you may use kate, vi, etc. you can go through the process of iwconfig, but i don't think it will be needed since your system will look to this to get the neccessary info. goood'a'luucka!