Activating wireless card at boot

jim lawrence fedorajim at gmail.com
Sat Feb 5 17:08:19 UTC 2005


On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:56:27 -0500, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 11:37, jim lawrence wrote:
> > As of now, I'm not 100% sure you can use Nm with Static IP addresses.
> > If your AP was the last connection NM made, it will default to that AP
> > the next time NM runs.  to force your AP , click the radar, then
> > choose  "Other Network"  and type in your Network name  and then the
> > HEX key if you use one.
> 
> Will give that a try.
> 
> It still seems that there is a problem when not using NetworkManager.
> If/when I get that new motherboard with the built in wireless I can see
> this being a bigger issue.  In that case I want to use a static IP
> address (do that for all servers/desktops on the local LAN).  And the
> fact that wireless does not seem to work without NetworkManager would be
> a big issue.
> 
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You should be able to connect without using NM at all. Using the
Wireless-tools which were installed with Fedora,
iwlist scan 
iwconfig eth1 essid <networkname> key <hexkey to connect>
ifup eth1 

these 3 commands should get you connected.  or alternativly, try this page 
http://www.fedoranews.org/contributors/jim_lawrence/securewireless/


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Jim Lawrence
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