Re: [debian-knoppix] questions / suggestions
On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 11:08, Bill Eastman wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 10:53, Klaus Knopper wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> I downloaded it. I didn't see mkpersistenthome to download
I found mkpersistenthome and have downloaded it. That's more advanced
scripting than I've done.
> .
>
>
> > > 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.
>
> In the script that runs when the laptop boots into RH 8, sometimes I use
> a 10/100 nic in the pccard slot and sometimes I have the wireless card
> in the pccard slot. I only have one pccard slot on the laptop and WEP
> is only used with wireless.
>
> >
> > For the WEP key, I would recommend a dialog window like in
> > mkpersistenthome.
> >
> > Regards
> > -Klaus
--
Bill Eastman <beastman@austin.rr.com>
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