Re: [debian-knoppix] questions / suggestions
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 10:23:32AM -0600, Bill Eastman wrote:
> > Would you volunteer to write a patch for wlcardconfig for supporting this?
> > The passphrase should be asked from the user by (X)dialog, like in
> > mkpersistenthome.
> >
> > And please use pump instead of dhclient.
> >
> > Regards
> > -Klaus Knopper
>
> Two problems...first is where is the source available from
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/sources/
The wlcardconfig source should be current. I just checked.
> and the
> second is I don't know C (I do have some friends that do though, and
> I'll approach them).
wlcardconfig is just a shell script.
> I would guess that the mac address would need to
> be asked the user, unless there is a cheat code for WEP Wireless when
> booted.
Why would you need to enter the mac address of your own wireless card on
the client? Of course, if you want to modify it, you could do ths with
ifconfig.
For the WEP key, I would recommend a dialog window like in
mkpersistenthome.
Regards
-Klaus
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