Networking :: Dynex PCMCIA WiFi (Best Buy house brand)



WEP up and running...

Now, what do I do to make this persistent?  I have a hard-disk installation with multi-user.

Also, what do I need to do on the DSL (client side) to connect to the AP using WPA?
Another question... what console commands do I need to execute so that I can assign a static IP address through ath0?  If I do this, will I still need to make the call to 'pump'?

I added the iwconfig commands to my /opt/bootlocal.sh, this is the best place for it, yes?

I remember seeing a post about how to change the machine's 'hostname'... so that comes pretty soon.

Should I want to put this machine on the same network workgroup as my desktop Windows machines?  I'm guessing yes, so that I can easily file serve back and forth with Samba... but am I correct?

Much, much thanks to everyone who's helped me so far!
John
Most answers are up to you and how you will be using the machine.
Placing the commands in /opt/bootlocal.sh is fine if the machine will always be connecting to your home network.

BTW: Using the iwconfig gui in the control panel for 4.x makes a wireless icon and script in your home directory. I use this as I don't run wireless at home. I have several wireless icons for each net that I want to connect to when out and about.

Static IP is in the Wiki FAQ Place those command in /opt/.bootlocal.sh

Could also use netcardconf gui, but it has a bug until I post 4.1RC3.

For Samba please start a new thread, but look around many users are doing this with LinNeighborhood MyDSL extension.

For WPA, I have only tested using ndiswrapper. The trickest part is to get the correct settings in wpa_supplicant.conf

The commands using ndiswrapper that works for me are:

# iwconfig ath0 essid 'your-network-name'
# wpa_supplicant -Bdd -Dndiswrapper -i ath0 -c /home/dsl/wpa_supplicant.conf
# pump -i ath0
A million thanks Robert!

I'm going to take care of a few things on my setup and then post questions in appropriate places if I get stuck.

Today has been incredibly good for me, I've made great progress with my favorite distribution!
Yeah, remove "noacpi" from the boot line, as it disables acpi.. Then try to force the fan on.

If it won't go on, it's broken :(
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