Re: Configuring wlan on Debian Base installation
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 22:13:46 -0600
Jack <jackofdiamonds11@gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently installed a base-install of Debian linux on an old laptop.
> I have a netgear WG511T wifi pci card, which I was successful in
> installing the madwifi drivers for. I'm almost certain that the
> drivers are working fine, because I am able to use my card and scan
> for wireless networks.
>
> I'm not sure if I'm just setting this up wrong (I'm still new to
> linux), or if something else is wrong, but my problem is this: I use
> ifconfig to assign an IP address to wlan0, iwconfig to set the ssid
> and key, and then I add a route to the gateway
>
> ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.138 up
> iwconfig wlan0 essid "<My network ssid>" key <My hexadecimal WEP key>
> route add default gw 192.168.2.1
At this point, what is the output of 'iwconfig wlan0'?
Celejar
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