Getting wifi to work

[Matthew Kuiken]

Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Matthew Kuiken wrote:
>
>> I'm going to guess that the section should look like this: (I think 
>> network-admin should be creating this section when you use it, but 
>> I'm not certain.)
>>
>> auto ath0
>> iface ath0 inet dhcp
>>     wireless-essid <your-essid>
>>     wireless-key <your-key>
>
> Up to now, network-admin didn't do that. :( If I'd enter those lines in
> /etc/network/interfaces, what would I do next? "/etc/init.d/networking 
> restart"?
>
> Alexander Skwar

I believe that is correct.  I'm not certain though.  I'm new to Linux 
myself, and am running a laptop.  My first method of reloading 
configurations is usually a reboot.  As I learn more about my system 
that is changing, but I will probably never be in search of the ultimate 
up time numbers.  I usually shut down once a day in the course of normal 
operation...

-Matt