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Gruntz

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From: Haskovo, Bulgaria

Registered: 2007-08-31

Posts: 291

Set wireless IP manualy.

Hello.

I am using wireless on my laptop for the firs time in my life. I have used only cable internet till now. I know how to set IP, gateway, DNS servers and so on. Can I do the same thing with wireless too. I want to be able to set IP, and so on. A friend of mine have laptop with wireless too, and we do not know how to connect our machines and exchange files.

I know how to set the wireless network, when I have DHCP server (I have read the wiki), but I want to be able to set settings manually. I have briefly read the iwconfig man pages, and I have tried to fins information on google, but no success. I want to know is it possible to set IP/network mask and so on manually. Can you give me some good tutorial, so I can get familiar with the wireless conceptions.

I have ArchLinux (core dump, basic install), kernel: 2.6.24-ARCH and build in Atheros Communicator on my laptop. I have ath_pci, and wlan modules loaded. I am using fluxbox, so I have no graphical ways for setting my wireless network card. I want to be able to operate via console. I have tried wifi-radar and I saw that I can set IP and so on there, but the connection with my friend`s laptop was not successful.

Thank you.

kumico

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Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 224

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Re: Set wireless IP manualy.

the setup would be largely the same,
here's mine as an example::

ath0="ath0 192.168.0.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
wlan_ath0="ath0 essid TangeriNet"
WLAN_INTERFACES=("ath0")
INTERFACES=(lo ath0)

codemac

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From: Cliche Tech Place

Registered: 2005-05-13

Posts: 794

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Re: Set wireless IP manualy.

You should describe more about how you want to connect to your friend's laptop, it's the problem you want to solve..  If you set it via wifi-radar, it probably did the same thing an ifconfig call would which IIRC is all you need to do to change your IP address.

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Gruntz

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From: Haskovo, Bulgaria

Registered: 2007-08-31

Posts: 291

Re: Set wireless IP manualy.

Thank you all. I set it. kumico's example worked perfectly. When my friend comes with his laptop, we will tray if it is working in practice, but for now, the IP is set and it should work as expected.

Thank you.

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Set wireless IP manualy.

As said above, after you have successfully associated to the wireless network, it's identical to a wired card, so you can use your existing knowledge.