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lang2

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Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 386

zd1211rw USB wireless stick: how to configure

Hi all,

Actually this is not a question to how to get it working because I've got it working. Here is a script I use to bring it up:

#!/bin/sh
INTERFACE=eth1
ifconfig $INTERFACE down
ifconfig $INTERFACE up
iwconfig $INTERFACE mode managed
iwconfig $INTERFACE essid "MyId"
iwconfig $INTERFACE key open
iwconfig $INTERFACE ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dhcpcd eth1

For some reason, I had to force the ap because otherwise, iwconfig will show "Invalid AP". What I would like to achieve is to translate the above to something in rc.conf or conf.d/wireless.

I tried:

wlan_eth1="eth1 mode managed essid MyId open ap xx:xx:xx:xx"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)

but it didn't work.

Thanks!