How to set up wireless for text mode login

Fernando Gozalo fgozalo0 at alumno.uned.es
Fri Feb 27 20:34:01 UTC 2009


>
>> I've got Fedora 10 on my home "server" with an old wireless B card
>> installed. If I start X and run system-config-network I can successfully
>> bring up the wireless network using Network Manager, so support for my
>> wireless card is already built-in. But as soon as I "log off" and go
>> back to run level 3 (I boot up in level 3 and start X by hand) it shuts
>> down my wireless connection.
>>
>> I'd like to set this machine up so the wireless network comes up
>> automatically at reboot. I've got the router set up with WPA2 and AES so
>> I need to store the key somewhere. Are there good instructions for doing
>> this somewhere?
>
> I believe you can set up wpasupplicant to do this for you.

Yes. wpa_supplicant home page: http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/
with links to configuration examples.

Regards.
Fernando.





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