Re: [arch-general] netcfg: complete documentation available?

5 Jul 2011

      I added a section in the wiki just the other day:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg#Configuring_a_bridge_for_use_wit...

-Mitch

On , Alper Kanat  wrote:
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Hey There,
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In addition to these, I can't find any documentation regarding bridged
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connections need for such cases like openvpn and virtual machine needs.
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 17:45, XeCycle xecycle@gmail.com> wrote:
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Hello, I am now trying netcfg for managing network connections, however
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I encountered some problems, and I didn't find the solution in the
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manual or the ArchWiki. So I wonder whether a complete documentation is
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available.
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The two problems I encountered are:
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1. Ad-Hoc wireless lost ESSID.
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I used this (working) script to connect:
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#!/bin/bash
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NET_ESSID="ssid"
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NET_KEY="passwd"
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NET_GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
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NET_MYIP="192.168.0.3"
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iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
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ifconfig wlan0 up
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iwconfig wlan0 essid $NET_ESSID key "s:$NET_KEY" channel auto
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ifconfig wlan0 $NET_MYIP
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route add default gw $NET_GATEWAY
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I tried to do the same with netcfg. Here is the profile:
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CONNECTION='wireless'
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DESCRIPTION='Wi-Fi at home'
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PRE_UP="ip link set wlan0 down; iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc"
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INTERFACE='wlan0'
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SECURITY='wep'
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ESSID='ssid'
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KEY='s:passwd'
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IP='static'
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ADDR='192.168.0.2' # Please ignore this difference, I'm sure it's  
unused
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GATEWAY='192.168.0.1'
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DNS=('8.8.8.8')
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# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
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#HIDDEN=yes
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However, I cannot connect it. I've configured my conky to monitor
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network connections, from what it showed, the ESSID is associated first,
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then lost after a few seconds.
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2. PPPOE won't start by itself.
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Here's the simple profile:
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CONNECTION='ppp'
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INTERFACE='eth0'
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PEER='provider'
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PPP_TIMEOUT=10
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When I run `sudo netcfg ppp`, it just got stuck there. Then I opened
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another terminal, and ping some IP, then it got connected.
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Thank you. These two problems have been bothering me for a week.
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Carl Lei (XeCycle)
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Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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