Re: how to use wireless without network-manager or wicd

[Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr>]

Dne, 19. 09. 2010 19:04:41 je hugo vanwoerkom napisal(a):
> Hi,
>
> I run a laptop with lenny and debian kernel 2.6.32 that runs wireless.
>
> I connected to the laptop via USB a disk that contains a partition  
> that also has debian kernel 2.6.32 but sid and that doesn't have  
> network manager or wicd installed.
>
> How would I get wireless going without them on that USB disk?
>
> The laptop wireless module b43 gets loaded when I boot from the uSB  
> disk.
>
> /etc/network/interfaces has:
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> Hugo
>
>
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I'd add something like:

<code>
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
	address 192.168.2.111
	netmask 255.255.255.0
	gateway 192.168.2.1
	wireless-essid My_Home_Network
<edoc>


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