Re: Dell i600m - broadcom 4306 wifi problem in etch.
L.V.Gandhi wrote:
On 1/28/07, *Jan Schledermann* <spamtrap@schledermann.org
<mailto:spamtrap@schledermann.org>> wrote:
L.V.Gandhi wrote:
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> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> # auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> pre-up ifconfig eth0 up
> pre-up grep -q ndiswrapper /proc/modules || modprobe ndiswrapper
> wireless_essid "mohan"
> wireless_key "xxxxxxxxxx"
> wireless_mode managed
> post-up ifmetric wlan0 5
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> How to get connected while booting with wireless? Why I get no eth0
> initially? How to get eth0 intially?
The reason why you do not get eth0 AUTOmatically, is that you have
commented
out the "auto eth0" statement.
Remove the "#" in front of the "# auto eth0" and it'll happen.
I think allow-hotplug eth0 line should take care. Only either this or
auto eth0 should be there. I tried was you said also. Still the problem
remains the same.
If you're using Ndiswrapper and want it to be eth0 then,
1. Use Auto eth0 and delete/comment out allow-hotplug in the
/etc/networking/interfaces
2. Modify the ndiswrapper entry in /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper (you do
have the entry in modprobe.d right ? ) to :
alias eth0 ndiswrapper
That should get it working.
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