SOLVED (SORT OF) - Re: Switching to static IPs for wlan0
Mark Knecht
markknecht at gmail.com
Thu Jan 6 23:03:50 UTC 2005
Hi,
OK - It's a hack, but it works.
For the records the changes to /etc/resolve are caused by the
PEERDNS-yes line. Changing that to no fixes the issue.
I am still not able to figure out KEY=open syntax in my ifcfg-wlan0
file. No matter what I've tried so far it always comes up in Security
mode:Restricted, which is probably best for most people anyway. To
get around this problem I added
iwconfig wlan0 key open
to /etc/rc.local and the system comes up correctly at boot. I tried
chatting for a second with some robot and it seemed to work but will
require the 12 year old's stamp of aproval to be sure.
If anyone knows the syntax for putting key=open into ifcfg-wlan0
I'd sure appreciate a note.
Cheers,
Mark
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:41:27 -0800, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Rick,
> OK, so I've had it with this DHCP nonsense for a while. If the
> scripts are somehow changing files that I've written by hand then I
> don't like that. I've attempted to set up static IPs based on an email
> you sent me some weeks ago:
>
> <SNIP>
> Ok, here's an example using static IPs. Items you need to change for
> your local conditions are marked with a "(*)":
>
> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> # for the documentation of these parameters.
> # Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g
> BOOTPROTO=static
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> (*) GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
> TYPE=Wireless
> DEVICE=wlan0
> (*) HWADDR=HW-value
> (*) NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> (*) IPADDR=192.168.0.128
> (*) ESSID=sssscnet
> (*) CHANNEL=9
> (*) KEY=s:WEPkeyInASCII
> (*) MODE=Managed
> (*) RATE=11Mb/s
> <SNIP>
>
> I've copied the above example and then modified for my 192.168.10
> network. I've modified and rebooted but so far it's not connecting, so
> I have a couple of questions.
>
> 1) ONBOOT=yes is OK to get it started automatically?
>
> 2) I use Open key management. In my script file I use
>
> iwconfig key open XXXXX
>
> is the right format in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
>
> KEY=OPENs:XXXXX ?????
>
> I cannot find an example of that in Google yet.
>
> 3) Is there anything else I'd need to add to hae the network connect
> correctly at bootup without intervention?
>
> I'll keep looking onthe web.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
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