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caesius

Member

Registered: 2011-04-23

Posts: 1

WiFi works using manual setup, not automatically.

I can set up wireless and grab an IP address thus:

# iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyEssid" key 0A0A0A0A0A
# dhcp wlan0

But it does not come up automatically when I boot. I have this is /etc/rc.conf

eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MyEssid key 0A0A0A0A0A

What have I missed?

Cheers.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,693

Re: WiFi works using manual setup, not automatically.

Closing quote?

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unilx

Member

From: Fredericton,Canada

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 183

Re: WiFi works using manual setup, not automatically.

Install wicd and wicd-gtk, then add wicd to your daemons in /etc/rc.conf.Now just reboot or run "sudo /etc/rc.d/wicd start"
Also set your network in wicd to auto-connect, or, like ewaller said add the closing quote

Last edited by unilx (2011-04-26 18:35:06)