Holding wireless configuration

chetjordan2002 · 02-27-2007, 09:31 PM

Ok, for anyone who has read my previous post, I gave up on my truemobile card/ndiswrapper, way too many problems. Now then, to the point, I traded my father for his netgear wireless nic. Works wonderfully. Only problem now is that everytime I shutdown I must reconfigure my wireless nic for my network. This is particualrly annoying in my networking class where I must pull up a WEP code and enter 3 dns server adresses. So, my question, is there anyway to get Ubuntu to hold this config or am I basically out of luck?

farkus888 · 02-28-2007, 01:03 AM

I have the same issue with fedora core 6, been thinking a bash script to go through the configuration would be nice, but it has yet to write itself for me

chetjordan2002 · 02-28-2007, 01:50 PM

Alright, I figured it out. I've actually got to shut down and click "save configuration". Sorry bout that folks, I'm well versed in Windows but linux is a whole new beast.

chetjordan2002 · 03-04-2007, 11:53 PM

scratch that...didn't work

barrythai · 03-05-2007, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by chetjordan2002

Ok, for anyone who has read my previous post, I gave up on my truemobile card/ndiswrapper, way too many problems. Now then, to the point, I traded my father for his netgear wireless nic. Works wonderfully. Only problem now is that everytime I shutdown I must reconfigure my wireless nic for my network. This is particualrly annoying in my networking class where I must pull up a WEP code and enter 3 dns server adresses. So, my question, is there anyway to get Ubuntu to hold this config or am I basically out of luck?

I am looking at ubuntu wireless but not yet up to speed as I am now downloading and getting the 64bit version to try on my laptop.

I installed a 32bit on my friends laptop the only distro that worked flawlessly, but did not have the time to check her wireless. I hope this does not come back when she finally gets round to need it.

What your problem should not happen. You did not say when you changed are you using the ndis wrapper. This should not be used on your card as most distro's have drivers built in. Though netgear appears to be a common problem across the distro's. You are better getting one of the cheaper cards which frequently use the ralink 2500 chip.

Try reinstalling Ubunto if you can with the Netgear card in, it should find it and you need not use the ndiswrapper which has many failings.

The ndis wrapper is getting old hat now as most distro's can handle the majority of the wireless chipsets.

Do you know the wireless chipset of your card as I hope to compile a list.

tredegar · 03-05-2007, 11:14 AM

chetjordan2002,

I got wireless working well on my laptop with kubuntu 6.06.1.
I am always connected to my network at boot.
My wireless chipset is supported by the kernel.
Note that I am using WAP encryption, as WEP is too easy to crack, and I live
in a densely populated area.

I installed wpa_supplicant.

I gave up on the GUI things as they seemed very flaky, and just edited the network file:

This is what I have in my /etc/network/interfaces file

Code:

# This defines the usual loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

# eth1 is my wireless interface, and I want it brought up at boot
auto eth1
# I like a static IP, replace "static" with "dhcp"
# if you want to be allocated a dynamic IP by your router
iface eth1 inet static
# This is the broadcast address for my network, yours may be different
broadcast 10.255.255.255
# This is the static IP I want on my LAN
# miss the next line out if you are using DHCP
address 10.0.0.8
# This is the netmask for my network, yours may be different
netmask 255.0.0.0
# This is the IP of my router, yours may be different
gateway 10.0.0.2
# This is my WPA Passphrase, yours will be different
wpa-passphrase Itsasecret
# This is the SSID of my wireless AP, you'll need this
# even if your AP isn't broadcasting its name
wpa-ssid Whatitscalled
# This is the channel my AP is working on
wireless-channel 11

This works perfectly for me. 100% reliable.
I posted this "solution" in another thread, and never heard from the OP again, so I don't know if it worked for him.

So, please try it, see if it works for you, and report back.

chetjordan2002 · 03-07-2007, 01:38 PM

the reinstall worked...now holding configuration...thank you all for your help

barrythai · 03-08-2007, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chetjordan2002

the reinstall worked...now holding configuration...thank you all for your help

Yes I have successfully loaded Ubuntu on my laptop and it works great better than Mandriva did. it's wireless package manager is better and works better mixing ethernet and wireless. It's radar is good and there is far more wireless info for trying to log on to freewireless sites.

Now if I can only log in as root I might be able to ditch Mandriva.

tredegar · 03-08-2007, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Now if I can only log in as root I might be able to ditch Mandriva.

You have discovered that (K)ubuntu is different:
sudo command runs that command as root. But this gets boring (typing "sudo" all the time), so I open a new terminal, and run sudo -i. This gives you a "root terminal" and is like the old mandriva su -. It's a good idea to change the background colour of this terminal, so you remember that it's a "root terminal", not an ordinary one.

barrythai · 03-08-2007, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tredegar

You have discovered that (K)ubuntu is different:
sudo command runs that command as root. But this gets boring (typing "sudo" all the time), so I open a new terminal, and run sudo -i. This gives you a "root terminal" and is like the old mandriva su -. It's a good idea to change the background colour of this terminal, so you remember that it's a "root terminal", not an ordinary one.

I do not want to open a root terminal I want to login as root.

I don't need to remember it's a root terminal as I always work in root in all distros.

I have solved it now. Guess Ubuntu really wants to keep out the root users.

chetjordan2002 · 03-08-2007, 11:10 PM

use

Code:

sudo passwd root

this will allow you to set your root password

tredegar · 03-09-2007, 04:56 PM

@barrythai
First, you have hijacked chetjordan2002's thread, with no explanantion, assistance, or apology. With 322 posts to your name I would have thought you knew better, and I was patient. But now:

Quote:

I do not want to open a root terminal I want to login as root.

I don't need to remember it's a root terminal as I always work in root in all distros.

Then you are asking for trouble, and are pissing on the many years of sensible security development by many thousands of people more dedicated to making computers a useful resource, rather than an annoyance, than you are.

Please don't come whining to LQ when your computer becomes another spambot (I doubt that you [like the millions of other imbeciles] would be bothered even to notice that this was happening to you), or your system is trashed. Please [Search] these forums, or even google, for the security implications of what you are doing, because I am fed up with explaining it all again to someone who should only be running a microsoft OS, if that.

echo barrythai >> ~/idiots/ignore_list

Done.