static wireless network
Joel Goguen
jgoguen at jgoguen.ca
Wed Oct 22 17:56:10 UTC 2008
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 10:46 -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
> > John Hubbard wrote:
> >
> >> I am trying to set up a machine with a static ip address. I have other
> >> examples of how to set up static ip addresses and know what needs to go
> >> into the /etc/network/interfaces file. The part that I am fuzzy on is
> >> how to bring up the connection up at boot. The wireless network is
> >> secure. I know how to configure the connection with the 'iwconfig'
> >> command but I am not sure where to put a script that sets it up. So the
> >> question is where do I put the command to configure the wireless, and do
> >> I just set up /etc/network/interfaces like I would for a static wired ip
> >> address?
> >> Just in case it matters that wireless adapter is a RTL-8185. It was
> >> properly detected by a fresh install of mythbuntu 8.10 beta.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Edit the wireless interface (mine is wlan0, but yours might be
> > different) and add (or edit) ONBOOT=YES.
> In /etc/network/interfaces? I have found a lot of references to ifcfg-*
> but I can't find those files anywhere. Do Debian based system use them?
> > That /should/ bring up the
> > interface on boot.
> >
> But where do I add the line about what the wireless key is? Or is that
> automagically saved for me?
>
> --
> -john
>
> To be or not to be, that is the question
> 2b || !2b
> (0b10)*(0b1100010) || !(0b10)*(0b1100010)
> 0b11000100 || !0b11000100
> 0b11000100 || 0b00111011
> 0b11111111
> 255, that is the answer.
>
>
>
The ifcfg-* files are used by Red Hat and distros based of it. Debian
and derivitaves use /etc/network/interfaces, which has a different
format. Enter "man 5 interfaces" in a Terminal to read all about it.
--
Joel Goguen
Bug-free code is a myth.
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