Re: [gentoo-user] configuring wlan0

["Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>]

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On 18/11/09 Mick said:

> I don't think that there bugs in conf.d/net just a matter of preference.  Alan 
> suggested that wicd is a simpler way to have your wireless configured and it 
> does not need /etc/init.d/*net scripts to function.
> 
> I am running wpa_supplicant:
> 
> modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
> 
> wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dwext"
> 
> and it just works??? for my wireless card.
> 
> You may want to try something like this in your /etc/conf.d/net:
> 
> sleep_scan_wlan0="1"
> 
> config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
> fallback_wlan0=( "192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.0" )
> fallback_route_wlan0=( "default via 192.168.0.1" )
> 
> in case there is a dhcp problem with how the router releases IP address 
> leases.

I'm not using dhcp, just a static address. All I want the damn scripts to do
is this

modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid digitaltorque
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1

After looking at the net.example again maybe I need this

modules=( "ifconfig" "iwconfig" "!wpa_supplicant" )

Or maybe I should just run an rc.local script. 

Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
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