static ip with wlan

lafayette · 2005-11-28 21:38:21

Hi all, I've a brand new wlan card (Asus WL-138g) and I've installed it fine with ndiswrapper. But only the first time I've managed to browse correctly, now I've configured all in rc.conf with static ip, and gateway, but he doesn't ping anything. If I try to ping anything, I don't get any output even if I press Ctrl+C. In routes table I get a line referring to destination 192.168.1.0 that pass through gateway 0.0.0.0; and a second line (the one added in config) for destination 0.0.0.0 through gaeway 192.168.1.254 (wifi router). The ip of the card is 192.168.1.100, anyone can help?

sorry for the long post

lafayette · 2005-12-01 19:41:05

Ok I've managed where the problem is, I need to give at boot the command for "iwconfig wlan0 essid 'mywifinet'". Where should I put it, in rc.local or there's a cleaner way to do it?
Last thing: once I give "ndiswrapper -i mydriver.inf" I need to leave the inf file in the same dir or can I delete it?
thanks

Panu · 2005-12-01 21:07:39

lafayette wrote:

I need to give at boot the command for "iwconfig wlan0 essid 'mywifinet'". Where should I put it, in rc.local or there's a cleaner way to do it?

I have mine in rc.local. Don't know about the ndiswrapper thing.

tomk · 2005-12-01 21:19:55

lafayette wrote:

Ok I've managed where the problem is, I need to give at boot the command for "iwconfig wlan0 essid 'mywifinet'". Where should I put it, in rc.local or there's a cleaner way to do it?

/etc/conf.d/wireless

phrakture · 2005-12-01 21:33:14

Panu wrote:

lafayette wrote:
I need to give at boot the command for "iwconfig wlan0 essid 'mywifinet'". Where should I put it, in rc.local or there's a cleaner way to do it?
I have mine in rc.local. Don't know about the ndiswrapper thing.

Wireless support is handled via the networking script. You can simply add
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MyEssid"
to rc.conf

nightfrost · 2005-12-02 01:37:23

I prefer to create a profile under /etc/network-profiles/[profile-name] and make the relevant changes to rc.conf (NET_PROFILE=). I find this much nicer, as it keeps everything in one profile file (including what you normally put in /etc/resolv.conf - I don't know how many times I've lost those settings when running dhcpcd for some reason)

phrakture · 2005-12-02 02:59:23

nightfrost wrote:

I prefer to create a profile under /etc/network-profiles/[profile-name] and make the relevant changes to rc.conf (NET_PROFILE=). I find this much nicer, as it keeps everything in one profile file (including what you normally put in /etc/resolv.conf - I don't know how many times I've lost those settings when running dhcpcd for some reason)

Yes, the profiles are great for roaming networks. I just assumed he was using wireless at home and only at home.

lafayette · 2005-12-02 09:12:55

ok thanks all. Yes I use wifi only @ home so I edited wireless file in /etc/conf.d
And what about ndiswrapper files?

phrakture · 2005-12-02 16:00:04

lafayette wrote:

ok thanks all. Yes I use wifi only @ home so I edited wireless file in /etc/conf.d
And what about ndiswrapper files?

ndiswrapper is in the community repo (it should be in pacman.conf already, just commented).

If you run a custom kernel, you'd have to use abs to recompile it.

Arch Linux

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static ip with wlan

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