Re: wireless settings not being read from /etc/network/interfaces
Jeff D wrote:
> Anton Piatek wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:
>>
>> iface eth1 inet dhcp
>> essid "ant-wifi"
>> channel 01
>> wireless-key ...
>>
>> yet if I just run "ifup eth1" the card does not connect. once I run
>> "iwconfig eth1 channel 01" the ifup command works perfectly. Do i need
>> to add something to the config file to make it work? It behaves like the
>> options are not being passed to iwconfig before launching the dhcp
>> client.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anton
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> Try it with options like:
>
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> wireless-ap 00:AA:BF:AA:AA:AA
> wireless-essid ESSID
> wireless-channel 02
> .......
>
>
>
Cheers,
that was it!
I suppose the fact that my key had the "wireless-" prefix should have
been a give away.
It also worked better when I didnt have the essid in quotes.
Thanks again!
Anton
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