Configuring wireless connection on slack 11?

GamerX · 11-16-2006, 11:24 PM

Downloaded, compiled, installed the madwifi kernel module ("modprobe ath_pci" yeilds good results). Using iwconfig I set the ESSID and WEP key as per the readme, and now I'm pretty much wandering in the dark. I still don't have a connection.

The piece of hardware in question is a DLink AirPlus DWL-G520, it's working (as I was able to make this post, it was also working with Ubuntu) and it's supported by madwifi, basically I'm looking for a command to set things in motion here.

Thanks for the help in advance!

tw001_tw · 11-17-2006, 12:42 AM

Just a quick guess, type:
dhcpcd ath0 (enter)
do any good ????
-tw

Alien Bob · 11-17-2006, 01:08 AM

Add something like this to your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf (make sure you remove the similar empty VARIABLE[1]="" entries, or edit that block to make it look like below):

Code:

IFNAME[1]="ath0"
IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""
WLAN_ESSID[1]=YOURESSID
WLAN_MODE[1]=Managed
WLAN_KEY[1]="0123456789ABCDEF0123456789"

and of course fill in your own ESSID and WEP key values.
Then run

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ath0_restart

That will get you going. This should be all you need to add to the configuration files to make the interface activate on boot.

Eric

GamerX · 11-18-2006, 03:45 PM

dhcpcd ath0

made it work

thanks, tw001
and I'm testing the startup automation right now thanks a lot!