Have to Bring Up Wireless Network Manually

[Frank Hahn]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:39:03 +0200, Henk Koster <H.A.J.Koster at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:13:39 +0000, Frank Hahn wrote:
>
>> I have a Gateway 7510GX laptop with a Broadcom 4318 wireless network
>> card. I have had difficulties in the past with this card but have
>> finally been able to get it working by using the builtin bcm43xx module.
>> 
>> The problem that I seem to have is that the interface does not come up
>> automatically after each reboot. I have to issue the command:
>> 
>> "ifconfig eth1 up"
>> 
>> to bring up the interface. It does not happen immediately, but after
>> 20-30 seconds, it will start working. I think this is tied into dhcp.
>> 
>> I have assigned the IP address to the laptop statically as well as the
>> other computers in the house. I want them to get the same IP address
>> each time they start. The Linksys WRT54G is the access point/router.
>> 

> You would also need a broadcast entry for eth1, like 
> 192.168.100.255. 
>
> BTW, you don't actually need a static IP for your wireless 
> interface if you can tie the desired IP in the router to the MAC
> address of your card -- most routers allow this. The same holds 
> for any interface...
>
I have disabled the bcm43xx module and installed ndiswrapper. I still
have to bring up the interface manually, but networking seems to come
back after going into hibernation. Will keep plugging along.

Thanks.

-- 
Frank Hahn

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