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Re: [PLUG] ubuntu and wpa wireless - semi/mostly solved
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On 03 Aug 2006, Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> chrisb@kippona.com wrote:
> > On 3 Aug 2006, Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Which did diddly for me, as I had to issue it manually. I tried :
> >>
> >> iface ath0 inet dhcp
> >> pre-up wpa_supplicant -B -iath0 -Dmadwifi
> >> down skill wpa_supplicant
> >>
> >> in /etc/network/interfaces, which did the same (i.e., nothing).
> >>
> >> So what am I missing now, to get this to happen automatically?
> >
> > This works for me on Knoppix:
> >
> > 1. wpa_passphrase <your_ssid> <your_passphrase> > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > 2. chmod 640 /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > 3. wpa_supplicant -Bw -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > 4. pump -i ath0
> >
>
> Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm doing (altho I may have forgotten the
> chmod); I'd just like to automate it. Can't figure out where in the boot
> process it isn't working, nor how to easily add it as a last step before
> the login prompt happens.
I made an /etc/init.d/local file with steps 3 and 4 above and
executed update-rc.d to create the links. Knoppix has a way to
save off some configuration information between boots.
Chris
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