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gizmo

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From: Norway

Registered: 2006-02-22

Posts: 27

loading madwifi at startup?

why cant i load madwifi the same way as other wifi drivers?
now i have to run modprobe, ifconfig, iwconfig and dhcpcd from rc.local.. (perhaps not all of the above though..)
i mean.. normally i would do this with rc.conf and wireless..
it works just fine, so really not a big deal, just a litle wierd..

waldek_a

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2005-04-19

Posts: 85

Re: loading madwifi at startup?

works fine for me, I don't use dhcp though. Have you tried something like this:

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

MODULES=(ath_pci)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
ath0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo ath0)

and it did not work?

gizmo

Member

From: Norway

Registered: 2006-02-22

Posts: 27

Re: loading madwifi at startup?

yes, i tried that.. set up /etc/conf.d/wireless to.. wierd..

bpisciot

Member

From: Flyover Land

Registered: 2004-12-16

Posts: 78

Re: loading madwifi at startup?

Have you seen the information in the Wiki for setting up your connection settings in rc.conf?  Go to:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup

and towards the bottom of the page you'll see Phrakture's tips for using rc.conf.  If you've seen them, sorry for the noise.

I have two Atheros based wireless cards installed, and I also use Wireless Assistant--which I think is still available in the AUR.

Bob P.

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