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Hello,
When I installed Archlinux for the first time yesterday, I did this in order to connect to my wireless router and thus, connect to the internet.
After that, I did this in order to save my settings.
However, I have always do the "first step" after booting the system, because the settings I put in the rc.conf file apparently don't work. In fact, during the boot, the system tries to "set up network interface" (I think that's how the step is called) for a while but always fails.
My current rc.conf file has the following:
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid <ssid> key <key>"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
What is wrong?
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Try using netcfg2 instead. It's a bit more robust, and actually gives useful error messages.
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Mine looks different to yours:
eth1="dhcp"
wlan_eth1="eth1 essid <essid>"
wlan_eth1="eth1 essid <essid> key <key>"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)
INTERFACES=(lo eth1)
You could try changing some of the settings - wlan_ethX instead of wlan_wlan for instance?
** EDIT: /etc/rc.d/network restart to restart the network (just in case you didn't know) **
Last edited by floke (2008-07-13 06:44:13)
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Mine looks different to yours:
eth1="dhcp"
wlan_eth1="eth1 essid <essid>"
wlan_eth1="eth1 essid <essid> key <key>"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)
INTERFACES=(lo eth1)You could try changing some of the settings - wlan_ethX instead of wlan_wlan for instance?
** EDIT: /etc/rc.d/network restart to restart the network (just in case you didn't know) **
My card is identified as wlan0, so I have to use wlan0.
I talked to the guys yesterday in the irc channel, and tried to use netcfg2. However it didn't work because I was using a WEP key (because of my DS). I then decided to change to a WPA key and now it's working.
Last edited by vjoe (2008-07-13 08:53:04)
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..... was using a WEP key (because of my DS)......
Tell me about it, it's such a pain! Even then the wireless is touch and go, I setup a separate WEP wireless network for my brother's DS and it simply refused to connect. They could have at least included basic WPA support.
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