On 6 Oct 2004, Kfir Lavi wrote:
> i have wireless Ateml card.
> When i insert it it start to send dhcp packets in order to get ip, but i need
> to tell it by hand 'iwconfig eth0 essid WLAN".
> Is there a way to automate this?
Install the `wireless-tools' package, then add bits like this to your
/etc/network/interfaces file for the wireless interface:
wireless_mode managed
wireless_essid sample
wireless_key1 1234567890
Alternatively, consider `waproamd', which may be what you are after.
Regards,
Daniel
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