[SATLUG] Connecting to Wireless Networks

[John Pappas]

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 23:57 -0600, Matt Kinsel wrote:
> Thanks for the help everybody.  I've compiled everyone's instructions into
> the following procedure of commands below:
> 
> <begin commands>
> ifconfig eth0 up (turns on card)
> 
> iwlist eth0 scan (lists wireless networks in range)
> 
> iwconfig eth0 essid "RouterName" key "BunchOfNumbersIfNeeded" mode managed
> (creates connection with desired access point)
> 
> dhclient eth1 -r (drops old IP)
> 
> dhclient eth1 -l (obtains new IP)
> 
> iwconfig eth0 (verify connection with access point)
> 
> dhclient -q eth0 & (don't know why, but it's required)
> <end commands>
> 
> Can y'all verify that I got these correct?  I will try them out as soon as I
> get a chance.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 

Seems about right.  Let us know if it helps.

> 
> On 11/28/06, John Pappas <J at jvpappas.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 07:49 -0600, twistedpickles wrote:
> > > On 11/27/06, twistedpickles <twistedpickles at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I run FC5 on a dell D620 and as mentioned in earlier post I also use
> > > > iwlist eth1 scan # to can for wifi networks
> > > > iwconfig eth1 essid "WapName" key "If_Applies"
> > > > iwconfig eth1 #verify connection
> > > > dclient -q eth1 & #won't work without this
> > >
> > > correction on the above:
> > >
> > > iwlist eth1 scanning # scan for networks
> > > iwconfig eth1 essid "WapName" key "If_Applies" mode managed
> > >
> > > If I am changing from one wap to a different wap and where on had a
> > > key and now doesn't then:
> > >
> > > iwconfig eth1 essid "NewWap" key off mode managed
> > > dhclient eth1 -r # release IP
> > > dhclient eth1 -l # renew IP
> >
> > I thought that FC used a different DHCP client implementation.  Thanks
> > for the info!
> >
> > John
> >
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