Hi all,
i have gotten the procedur e to get my wireless internet up and running down pat.
It is fairly simple:
1. Open a terminal
2. Type the following one line at a time
iwconfig wlan0 essid "Dallas"
iwconfig key s:xxxxx
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhclient

To simplify this, I made a simple script that basically just has those lines of text in it, and then I double click this script and choose "Run in Terminal."


What I would really like is for this script to be run automatically when my computer boots up. could anybody help me figure out how to do this/

Thanks in advance.

Edit and add your script in /etc/rc.local

(You need to be root user : i.e type "su -" at a terminal and then type root password. This should work for most linux distributions)

If you would list your Linux distribution in your LQ UserCP it would
be a lot easier to help you.

There are two files in Slackware that do this job:
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf

Edit them and your network is configured and starts on boot...

I'm sorry - I had meant to list what distribution I'm running but forgot I've got a cold and I probably sneezed the thought away.
It's FC4.
I'll try editing the rc.local file first. Thanks for the tips!
PS: What does the "-" do when you type "su -" ?

From the manual page for the command su, switch user:
So if you "su to root" by issuing "su -" you will change to root's
home directory and root's $PATH; both being "root's environment,"
that you also get when you login as root. If you issue "su root"
the same thing happens.