http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Networkmanager or http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wicd Both explain how depending on what you are running. On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM, David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday 03 May 2009 05:21:05 Jan Spakula wrote:
Excerpts from David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.'s message of So Mai 03 12:11:04 +0200 2009:
(1) My laptop has an Atheros card and is happily using the madwifi driver. The only problem is that I'm starting it manually and need to know where to put the pieces to have it start automatically. Basically, it takes 3 commands to get my wifi going:
ESSID=${1:-skyline} IFACE=${2:-wlan0}
iwconfig ${IFACE} essid "${ESSID}"
wpa_supplicant -i${IFACE} -Dwext -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d -B
/var/log/wpa_start.log 2>&1
sleep 2 # This doesn't count as a command
dhcpcd wlan0
My question is "Where do I put this stuff to make it happen when I start Arch??
Install the netcfg package, create a profile under /etc/network.d (there are some examples, so you shouldn't have any problem), and edit /etc/rc.conf: add the name of your profile into "NETWORKS=(...)" and add 'net-profiles' to your DAEMONS.
-- Jan
Jan,
While I'm at it, where can I turn the default attempt to start 'eth0' off. All I care about is wireless on my laptop. If I need the wired connection I can go start it manually, but I'd like to get rid of the ... waiting and the [Fail] on boot. I thought about removing 'main' from the NETWORK section, but I didn't want to kill the loopback setup (if that's where it is done). What say the gurus? Where do I turn off the attempt to start eth0?
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