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I have an atheros (mad-wifi) internal mini-pci 802.11 a/b/g card in my Dell |
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i8200 notebook running Gentoo. I also have an Engenius hostap 802.11b |
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card/antenna in my Gentoo server. What is frustrating, is that it's a |
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crap-shoot when my ath0 will (or won't) start properly. I have no control |
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over what channel (either numeric like 6, or alpha such as b vs. g) to |
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connect to my AP ("MATRIX"). |
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Please tell me there is some way to tweak my /etc/conf.d/wireless (or anything |
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for that matter), so that I can tell it, "hey, when connecting to 'MATRIX', |
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always use 802.11b and/or a certain channel range (presumably in the 'b' |
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range)". |
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Furthermore, it would REALLY be great if I could do something whereby, if I |
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have net.eth0 (i.e. CAT5 cable) then don't start net.ath0, else try net.ath0. |
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Right now I have net.ath0 disabled by default because I hate when it starts |
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up when I'm plugged in at work, as my traffic seems to go over the "slower" |
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ath0 rather than the faster eth0 port. ?! I have ifplugd installed, but I |
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don't think it can manage this kind of (seemingly obvious and intelligent) |
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decision. |
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locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
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* Starting ath0 |
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* Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
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* ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 |
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* in managed mode on channel 52 (WEP disabled) |
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* Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP |
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* Bringing up ath0 |
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* dhcp |
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* Running dhcpcd ... |
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Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
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[ !! ] |
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locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
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* Starting ath0 |
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* Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
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* ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 |
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* in managed mode on channel 7 (WEP disabled) |
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* Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP |
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* Bringing up ath0 |
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* dhcp |
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* Running dhcpcd ... |
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Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
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[ !! ] |
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locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
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* Starting ath0 |
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* Configuring wireless network for ath0 |
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* ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:02:6F:09:B2:B4 |
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* in managed mode on channel 6 (WEP disabled) |
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* Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP |
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* Bringing up ath0 |
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* dhcp |
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* Running dhcpcd ... |
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[ ok ] |
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* ath0 received address 10.10.10.69/24 |
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locutus ~ # |
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