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> So, my question is, once I install ndiswrapper and the driver, do I then |
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> follow the wiki for either wireless-tools or (preferred) |
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> wpa-supplicant? Is there anything else I have to do or install? |
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> Regards, |
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> Colleen |
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Hello, |
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May I suggest that you try first with wireless-tools? |
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Things you need to know: |
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1. The interface id of the wireless card (eth0, eth1, wlan0 etc...) |
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2. The "essid" of the wireless access point you are connecting to. |
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3. The encryption key (if any) for wireless access (WEP) |
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Once you have those you can run the following commands (after you have |
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emerged wireless-tools) Using eth1 as the interface for example: |
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iwconfig eth1 essid <the essid of the access point> |
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iwconfig eth1 key <the encryption key> |
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dhcpcd eth1 |
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If this works, then depending on how you want to configure your box |
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you may want to set all this configuration in the file |
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/etc/conf.d/wireless (BTW, please take a look at the file |
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/etc/conf.d/wireless.example, it does have very good comments that |
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would make this very understandable), or you may want to go for |
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wpa_supplicant. |
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HTH |
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- AR |
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If you stare long enough into an abyss, the abyss will stare back into you... |
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