Re: Need a little help with my network configuration
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:34:48 +0200
Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a box with a usb-nic which uses the zd1211rw module. The box is
> dist-upgraded to the testing level. I can connect to the router using
> network-manager and from kde with network-manager-kde just fine.
>
> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"cjwlan" Nickname:"zd1211"
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:04:0E:96:0F:37
> Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
> Encryption key: XXXXXXX Security mode:open
> Link Quality=34/100 Signal level=28/100
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> Every time I boot, I have to re-enter the passphrase again, but I want it to
What sort of passphrase? What security protocol (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc)
are you using? What does ifconfig show when you boot before you enter
the passphrase?
> connect automatically at boot. I tried to set up an interface
> in /etc/network/interfaces (I don't really need network-manager). But I
> can't for the life of me get it working! Here is my /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> # allow-hotplug eth0
> # iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> wireless_keymode restricted
> wireless_key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> wireless_essid XXXXXXXXX
>
> Any suggestions on either getting network-manager-kde to remember the
> passphrase, OR getting my normal network/interfaces working would be really,
> really appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> --
> C. Hurschler
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