RE: Wireless Network Setup Problem
I believe that if you have wireless-tools you have the executable iwconfig.
You can use iwconfig to set the SSID (as well as other parameters such as
channel and key).
Peter
Thomas H. George,,, wrote:
> I attached an Actiontec USB 1.1 wireless adapter to my pc and, on
> bootup, to Woody with kernel 2.4.18 the device is recognized with much
> detail in dmesg. After reading the ifconfig and interfaces man
> pages I was not sure how to proceed. Apt-cache search network lead
> me to wireless-tools which I installed but could not find a man page
> and dpkg
> -p wireless-tools gives no clue as to how to use them.
>
> Reluctantly, I booted to Windows and ran the installation disk. With
> the entry of the SSID connection to the router was successful. I
> turned the transmiter off (led switches from steady to flashing) and
> rebooted to debian and began checking out the files in /proc/net. At
> some point I switched the transmiter back on (led steady on) so my
> only problem may be how to set the SSID.
>
> An elementary problem I'm sure but I would appreciate any guidance.
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