Setting wireless connection on boot up

jota_dominguez · 2005-06-08 01:41:57

I need help on setting up my wireless card to automatically register with my wireless router.
My wireless card is already working perfectly, but every time i log in to my user i have to open the konsole and type:

-- su -
-- [password]
-- iwconfig wlan0 essid "Losoriginales"
-- dhcpcd wlan0

and thats how i get wireless connection.

Thank you for your help

T-Dawg · 2005-06-08 01:47:30

I've never setup wireless but I'v noticed what looks like to be the conf for it (commented out) in /etc/conf.d/wireless. Did you look at that?

jota_dominguez · 2005-06-08 02:06:02

what i have in /etc/conf.d/wireless is

#
# Settings for wireless cards
#
# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8). Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.
#

#wlan_eth0="eth0 mode managed essid default"
#WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth0)

jota_dominguez · 2005-06-08 02:31:24

this is how my rc.conf looks like:

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# Localization
#
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/unimaps
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE=America/New_York
KEYMAP=us
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# Networking
#
HOSTNAME="JotaLinux"

#
# Module to load at boot-up (in this order)
# (prefix a module with a ! to disable it)
#
MODULES=(!usbserial !ide-scsi ndiswrapper)

#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# (prefix an interface in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it)
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
# eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"

eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)

#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# (prefix a route in ROUTES with a ! to disable it)
#
# gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# (prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it)
# (prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background)
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hotplug pcmcia network netfs crond kdm)

# End of file

dtw · 2005-06-08 09:29:58

dude - you have posted all of the information you need to get it working:

# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8). Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.

How hard can it be? You use wlan0. In rc.conf you give the settings for an interface as normal - this i the "wireless interface declared in INTERFACES"

wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 wlan0)

Then in conf.d/wireless ${IF} is wlan0 so you need:

wlan_wlan0="eth0 mode managed essid Losoriginales"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)

That's it

jerem · 2005-06-08 10:45:42

Use rc.local to setup your wireless settings and use rc.conf for the ip stuff.

That's how I do it an how I will do until Arch has a way as simple as Debian to set it up.

Last time I played with /etc/conf.d/wireless, it simply ignored my settings, although I had all interfaces up in rc.conf...

dtw · 2005-06-08 10:59:29

post your conf.d/wireless and we might be able to suggest some improvements - saying it just didn't work isn't going to help much

phrakture · 2005-06-08 15:30:25

there's also about 5 or 6 other implementations in the wiki and stuff (dibble and I each have are own - sometimes they wrestle, but no one ever wins... lol)

Victor · 2005-06-08 17:00:25

It is very simple:

/etc/conf.d/wireless

wlan_eth1="eth1 mode managed essid your_essid key XXXX-...-XXXX"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)

/etc/rc.conf

eth1="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth1)

Good luck
(...o buena suerte, que por el nombre creo que eres español)

vladtepes · 2005-06-08 21:48:38

Greetings,

if have 2 network devices in my notebook, and i want usually my wireless lan card on.
so i use this script to change between my to devices.
maybe it helps you in some way.

#!/bin/bash 

. /etc/rc.conf 
. /etc/rc.d/functions 

case "$1" in 
    start) 
      stat_busy "Starting Wireless Interface" 
      ifconfig eth0 down
      ifconfig eth1 up 
      ifconfig eth1 192.168.2.18
      route add default gw 192.168.2.1
      iwconfig eth1 essid xxxxxxx 
      iwconfig eth1 mode Managed 
      iwconfig eth1 key restricted xxxxxxxx      
             
      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then 
          stat_fail 
      else 
          add_daemon wireless 
          stat_done 
      fi 
      ;; 
    stop) 
      stat_busy "Stopping Wireless Interface" 
      ifconfig eth1 down 
      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then 
          stat_fail 
      else 
      ifconfig eth0 up
          ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.18
      route add default gw 192.168.2.1
          rm_daemon wireless 
          stat_done 
      fi 
      ;; 
    restart) 
      $0 stop 
      sleep 1 
      $0 start 
      ;; 
    *) 
      echo "Usage $0 {start|stop|restart}" 
      ;; 
esac

jota_dominguez · 2005-06-09 03:34:38

where do insert that code?

T-Dawg · 2005-06-09 03:43:04

jota_dominguez wrote:

where do insert that code?

you run it.
save it some place and do:

chown root /path/to/file

chmod 744 /path/to/file

then run it by giving the complete path to it. Or cd into that directory and do ./nameoffile or bash nameoffile

vladtepes · 2005-06-09 18:38:20

Greetings,

if you mean mine, you put it int /etc/rc.d/ as a deamon.
start it at boot time. (deamon in rc.conf) if you want wlan at startup.

if you want to stop then the wlan device, just type ./wireless stop (or whatever name you give the script)

jota_dominguez · 2005-06-09 21:40:17

thanks, all you guys,

i got it to work

sml · 2005-09-25 03:55:40

jota .. which method was easiest to solve your problem?

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