[TriLUG] wep and linux

[Roy Vestal]

Thanks. I'll try it when I get home!  I'm using FC1

On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 16:21, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> No, it will not be retained to the next boot.  What distro are you using?
> 
> If you want this to be a consistent setting, you'll have to put it into your 
> startup scripts somewhere.  I use Mandrake 10.0, and it has a network 
> configuration frontend that lets me specify an essid, wep, etc. that it 
> automatically uses at boot.  Otherwise, you can just track down where in your 
> startup scripts the system calls iwconfig for the last time, and modify some 
> setting there.
> 
> Or, you could put it in rc.local which I think is generally one of the last 
> things to run.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Thursday 13 May 2004 01:43 pm, Roy Vestal wrote:
> > Does this "store" the info so at the next boot I don't have to retype the
> > iwconfig line?  I also read about putting this in ifcfg-eth1 as entries and
> > tried that with a reboot and it didn't work.
> >
> > Used to wireless, new to WEP,
> > R
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Hrivnak" <mhrivnak at triad.rr.com>
> > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] wep and linux
> >
> > > Don't restart networking.  After you issue that command, do:
> > >
> > > iwconfig
> > >
> > > to make sure you're connecting to the proper access point.  Then use
> > > your favorite dhcp client:
> > >
> > > dhclient eth1
> > >
> > > and you should be good to go.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > >
> > > Roy Vestal wrote:
> > > >I've tried to set my wep key using the following;
> > > >iwconfig eth1 key 123abc456def7 essid "asc123"
> > > >
> > > >However, when i restart networking "service network restart" under FC1,
> > > >I jump BACK on my neighbor's wireless.
> > > >
> > > >Any suggestions?
> > >
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