Using Wireless without NetworkManager

[Sieranski, Greg]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:47:04 -0700
Srikanth Konjarla <srikanth.konjarla at gmail.com> wrote:

> Assuming the driver is loaded and your network interface shows up.
> For example,
> 
> # ifconfig
> 
> The above command would list active interfaces and the wireless 
> interface would show up as eth1.
> 
> # iwconfig eth1 scan
> 
> Will show all the available SSIDs
> 
> # iwconfig eth1 essid "<SSID>"
> 
> Replace <SSID> with the SSID that you wish to connect to.
> 
> # iwconfig
> 
> The above would show the details about your wireless interface and
> can be determined if your wireless interface is actually associated
> to the Access Poing. Once successfully, associated (you will be able
> to see the hardware ID for AP).
> 
> # dhclient eth1
> 
> The above is to obtain the DHCP IP address.
> 
> Srikanth
> 
> Sieranski, Greg wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a  Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless
> > PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) wireless card that I am using with the
> > madwifi drivers. Normally I would just use NetworkManager to
> > connect to my access points but I was wondering if someone could
> > tell me how to connect without having to use NetworkManager. 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> > 
> 
Thanks, I will give this a shot.