Have you got WiFi working

[John Hornbeck]

On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 17:08 +0100, Ben Edwards wrote:
> If so could you send me anything useful for a newbe for installing and
> setting it up.  This is for me and to help me write a newbie doc.  The
> doc would be an accompaniment to the install guide.  Info wanted, but
> not limited to:-
> 
> - non technical overview of wifi
> - setting up/installing wifi
> - what cards have you got working - if not out of the box what did you
> have to do
> - security info suitable to newbies
> ...
> Links or info both good.
> 
I have a ipw2200 intel centrino chip for wifi.  If I am in a area that
has a hotspot I just "sudo iwconfig" to see if the card is recognizing
the connection.  Than it is a "sudo dhclient eth1"(note eth1 is the port
that my wifi connects on), and than it is nice and happy.  Thats about
all I do.
John
> Thanks,
> ben
>