[Cialug] [Cialug]wifi

[David Champion]

The gui tool for this is "drakxconf", then choose "networking". I don't 
recall if 9.2 allows you to enter the WEP key in the gui tool. If not, 
I'll give you the proper structure for your config file when I get home 
tonite. It goes in your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth<x> files.

You can also do as Nathan suggests, and set it manually using iwconfig.

Mandrake 10.1 has greatly improved it's wireless support, including a 
tool to let you switch between wireless networks. I did an update from 
9.2 to 10.1 on my laptop, and it went very smoothly.

-dc

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> This would be a good topic for a future meeting.  A lot of people are
> frustrated with Linux on a laptop when their wireless card does not
> immediately work.  It would be good to find the drivers for the device you
> want to use, manually load and use the drivers and then set up the config
> files to automatically load the drivers.
> 
> If you have iwconfig (man iwconfig) you can make wireless settings changes
> with that from the command line - ssid, etc.  Then use ifconfig eth# up and
> dhclient eth# to get an IP address.  Some versions of ifconfig seem to offer
> better wireless card controls than others.  There are some linux-specific
> tools for the Orinoco cards as well, but I've never used them.
> 
> Maybe there are better config tools in your distro.
> 
> -Nate
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Hockey [mailto:icepuck1701@mchsi.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 6:22 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: [Cialug] [Cialug]wifi
> 
> 
> 
> how do i setup wep on mdk9.2 now that i have the right orinoco gold 
> card? what is there for gui based tools for seting up wep. i've looked 
> on google and it comes up with wep cracks insted.
> -dh