[TriLUG] having trouble getting wpa setup

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> I can
>
> ifconfig ath0 up
>
> and list it with
>
> ifconfig ath0
>
> but dhcpcd doesn't recognise ath0. When run from the command
> line with something like
>
> dhcpcd -d -i ath0 -t 60 -h $HOSTNAME
>
> I get
>
> dhcpcd dhcpStart ioctl SIOGIFHWADDR: No such device

ifrename 'ing it to eth0 fixes this and I can now wep to an 
open wap and connect to the internet - hooray.

I can't get to a wap with a wep hexkey though. I can connect 
to the same wap with my old scripts (and the same key). I 
must be entering the key wrong.

Joe
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