The reason for to set nickname on

igadoter · 08-28-2010, 01:46 AM

Hi,
As I understand the rc.wireless script the command 'iwconfig wlan0 nickname ....' is always executed. On my computer this causes annoying message "Set nickname: operation not supported". I read the man for iwconfig. It seems for me that there are no particular reason to force the 'set nickname' operation.

TwinReverb · 08-28-2010, 03:00 AM

Food for thought...

If you're using wicd, you can probably disable rc.wireless (chmod -x) if you would like and simply make sure the interface(s) are up (in rc.local) so that wicd can control them.

If you'd rather use your own commands for bringing up the wireless network, you can also disable rc.wireless and use your own commands in rc.local. It's up to you.

Good luck!

igadoter · 08-28-2010, 04:15 AM

I am using rc.wireless script. Of course I can change it. But I don't want. It is a default tool for setting up a wireless network. All customization are made via rc.wireless.conf. So why is 'set nickname' command an exception? Only what I can choice it is default nickname '/bin/hostname' or my own.