configure wireless security

[jim lawrence]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:36:04 -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic
<amilivojevic at pbl.ca> wrote:
> jim lawrence wrote:
> > I've read the iwconfig man page followed the instructions
> > I even we nt as far as  coping the ifcfg-eth1 text file into another
> > edited it by adding the KEY
> > field to it put it back into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and
> > reboot,  I get the   "Set bite Rate not supported error and it tells
> > me to check the cable  on boot.
> 
> I got something similar when I attempted to use network configuration tools.
> 
> What I did to setup my card (and it worked, and I should have done it
> that way in the first place, and I don't know why I was wasting my time
> with GUI tools) was finding out what driver I need, placed it in
> /etc/modprobe.conf (alias eth1 driver-name), copied ifcfg-eth0 (my
> Ethernet interface) to ifcfg-eth1 (my Wireless interface) and edited it
> (changed DEVICE to eth1, TYPE to Wireless, I'm using DHCP so I didn't
> need to change anything else), and placed 128bit WEP key (I have an old
> card, no WPA support in Windows and Linux drivers) in keys-eth1 file
> (KEY=long-hex-string).  Typed ifup eth1, and it came up, working
> perfectly.  iwconfig configured all the other stuff automatically,
> correctly, and without any errors or warnings (ESSID, bitrates, everything).
> 
> Oh, and I just found the last piece I was missing in posting from Roman
> Maeder.  In short, on my laptop the wireless interface gets configured
> on boot even if I have "ONBOOT=no" in ifcfg-eth1.  Apperently, according
> to Roman, "HOTPLUG=no" is also needed.  I'll have to give it a try when
> I get home.
> 
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let me know if the hotplug-no   works

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