Re: starting wireless connection on boot
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 09:21:42PM +0100, martin jakubik wrote:
> Hello, I'm a newbie.
>
> I've got wireless working on my Debian, but I have to log in as admin
> to start it. I'd like to know how I can get it to load on bootup.
>
> I've got a Linksys WPC54G card. I'm using ndiswrapper to run my driver.
>
> ndiswrapper loads up normally on boot.
>
> Currently, to get my network up, I have to
> su
> iwconfig wlan0 key xxxxxxxxxx essid my-network
> dhclient
>
> Then I get my connection.
>
> I've tried putting some iwconfig stuff in both /etc/network/interfaces
> and etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, but nothing seems to happen. What should
> I do to get this loading during boot, and how can I test what's going
> on?
$.99 says the problem is your /etc/network/interfaces references "eth0",
which is wrong -- ndiswrapper will name your first interface "wlan0".
Other than that, the configuration is identical to a non-ndiswrapper
card. You don't have to touch wireless.opts
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