wireless DHCP + wep

Craig Kleski ckleski at mbc.edu
Thu Aug 18 18:04:46 GMT 2005


On Thursday 18 August 2005 05:38 pm, Pablo Allietti wrote:
> Hi all  i have a question.
>
> i configure a Intel 2200 wireless card and the system detect ok and
> load in the start time.
>
> so. now i need to add wep Key and DHCP.
>
> is that possible to do in automatically.
>
> because rigth now i cant do dhcp and need to do a ifconfig blablabla
> wepkey xxxxxx wepmode 0 any time when i restart my laptop.
>
> thanks.

You can create a file "/etc/start_if.[name of interface]" that contains 
the appropriate ifconfig.  For example, with my Intel 2100, I have the 
file "/etc/start_if.ipw0" which contains "ifconfig ipw0 ssid xxx 
authmode xxx" etc etc.



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