configure a wifi interface

[Yohann Desquerre]

Satish Balay wrote:

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>
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Yohann Desquerre wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is anyone may give an url where i can find tutorial on how to 
>> configure a wifi interface ?
>>
>>
>> or better which files have to be edited  ( i suppose 
>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scrip/XXXXX) and an example of this file !!!!
>
>
> Does the driver get loaded correctly for your wireless device?  What
> device is assigned to it? (eth0/eth1/ath0...) Check /etc/modules.conf
> (fc1) or /etc/modprobe.conf (fc2) (or try /sbin/iwconfig or


reading that i wonder why the /etc/modules.conf has been replaced by 
/etc/modprobe.conf ( is it due to 2.6?)

> /sbin/lsmod)
>
> Then run redhat-config-network (fc1) or system-config-network (fc2) to
> configure the interface. The only 2 additional things (compared to a
> wired network) that are reqired are ESSID and KEY (encryption).
>
> If you have a non-'ethXX' device - then you would have to modify the
> config files manually (atleast for fc1) and the files would be (for eg
> - for ath0)
>
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-ath0
>
> Satish
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