[Cialug] [Cialug]wifi

[Dan Hockey]

David Champion wrote:

> 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.
>
so far i've yet to find any wep settings in drakxconf until I went 
through it again and found a little "expert" check box in the lower left 
corner. now this bings up more options which are:
wireless_mode - which brings up a drop down menu with these options: 
ad-hoc,managed,master,repeater,secondary,and auto
wireless_essid
wireless_nwid
wireless_freq
wireless_rate
wireless_enc_key
wireless_rts
wireless_frag
wireless_iwconfig
wireless_iwspy
wireless_iwpriv
some of the above also show up when I run iwconf, alot of which I have 
no idea what they mean



> 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.
>
10.1 community or official?

> -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.
>>
go for it. i'm pulling my hair out tring to get wep working

>> 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
>
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