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KRTac

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 99

how to start wlan0 on boot?

Hi.

I recently got my broadcom wireless card to work on my HP. It works fine, but every time i boot the system i got to start up my interface manually. First ifconfig wlan0 up then iwconfig wlan0 essid MyHomeNetwork, and finally dhcpcd wlan0. Is there a way to get this done on boot?

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: how to start wlan0 on boot?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … tup#netcfg

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kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

Re: how to start wlan0 on boot?

There is an easier way you can do it in either /etc/rc.conf or /etc/conf.d/wireless.  Here are the instructions to do that:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … .2Frc.conf

I use this on my laptop and it works like a charm.  Also, there is a nice GUI tool called "wlassistant" (you have to run it as root) that depends on the network daemon, unlike the other GUI wireless connection managers.  Great if you are hopping from network to network frequently.

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KRTac

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 99

Re: how to start wlan0 on boot?

ok...thanks for the help..i'll try it out