Retaining network card settings

Forum: Networking
Topic: Retaining network card settings
started by: ratso

Posted by ratso on Oct. 30 2004,08:52

Hi

Once I have setup my network card (wireless) and typed in my encryption key, DSL works fine accessing internet etc.

But how can I retain these settings upon the next boot. I am backing up my settings via the control panel and it remembers desktop style, but not the network settings.

Is there a simple way to do this?

Its getting boring typing my encryption key in every time I use DSL.

Thanks

Posted by roberts on Oct. 30 2004,15:26

If you are typing them at the shell prompt, open /opt/bootlocal.sh and type them there. Also check that /opt/bootlocal.sh is in your filetool.lst and then they will be included in the backup/restore.

If you happen to be using the prism2 GUI from the control panel then your settings are written to /opt/myprism2.sh, so you can just add /opt/myprism2.sh to your filetool.lst and they will be included in the backup/restore.

Posted by ratso on Oct. 30 2004,21:30

Quote (roberts @ Oct. 30 2004,11:26)

Thanks for that.

Trouble is I never type them in at the shell prompt, I just follow the bouncing ball on netcardconfig and wlancardconfig.

I wouldnt know how to set them manually.

Although all I have to do is set the SSID and the encryption key for the wireless card.

Suppose I'll have to go and find out.

Thanks

Posted by ratso on Oct. 31 2004,15:39

Got a great little bootlocal.sh script

Then back up via the control panel

Next time I boot, it never remembers

I even tried pointing it to on the harddrive /mnt/hda2/bootlocal.sh

Still no joy.

If I run the script it works though.

Guess I'll have to do a bit more research!

Posted by ratso on Oct. 31 2004,15:47

Its working now, hooray!! Straight on the network

:-)