Re: [debian-knoppix] questions / suggestions
On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 11:35, Klaus Knopper wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 11:08:47AM -0600, 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.
>
> /usr/sbin/mkpersistenthome on your copy of Knoppix.
>
> It is a shell script with source included. ;-)
>
> Now also at http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/sources/ as tarball.
>
> > > 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.
>
> I still don't understand why you would need the Mac address here.
You don't need the Mac address.
>
> On a non-wireless card wlcardconfig simply will tell you that there is
> no wireless card installed.
>
> Regards
> -Klaus Knopper
--
Bill Eastman <beastman@austin.rr.com>
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