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With as many people as have laptops and wireless cards now, why isn't there built-in |
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support for wireless cards in /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/init.d/net.*? I've seen a few good |
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ones out on the forums, but it's very difficult for people to browse the forums when they |
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don't have their network connection working ;) |
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I got lucky. The driver for my Atheros-based card (madwifi) automatically scans for an AP |
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and connects to it. All I had to do is copy /etc/init.d/net.eth0 to /etc/init.d/net.ath0 |
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and run 'rc-update add net.ath0 default'. |
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I want to enabled WEP on my WLAN. So, I now have to start hacking my net init scripts. |
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That's just fine for me, but a lot of users will give you a blank look if you try to |
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explain it to them. |
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Andrew Gaffney |
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Network Administrator |
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Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. |
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636-357-1548 |
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