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zephyrus17

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 323

Enabling Wireless Roam

I've installed iwlwifi-4965-code. How do I enable roaming mode? I'm in Gnome.

Tenken

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Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 126

Re: Enabling Wireless Roam

What program are you using to manage your wireless?

zephyrus17

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 323

Re: Enabling Wireless Roam

At the moment, wicd. After tweaking with it a bit and with help from the wiki, I got it to work. But if I enable that, my sonata/mpd thing won't connect.
Here's my rc.conf

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_AU.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Australia/Adelaide"
KEYMAP="dvorak"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(ac battery button dock processor thermal video wmi cdrom intel-agp nvram hid usbhid i2c-i801 i2c-core evdev ff-memless joydev pcspkr psmouse serio_raw led-class thinkpad_acpi mmc_core ricoh_mmc sdhci-pci sdhci pci_hotplug shpchp rtc-cmos rtc-core rtc-lib nvidia output iTCO_vendor_support iTCO_wdt !snd-mixer-oss !snd-pcm-oss !snd-hwdep !snd-page-alloc !snd-pcm !snd-timer !snd !snd-pcsp snd-hda-intel !soundcore pata_acpi ata_generic scsi_mod ahci ata_piix e1000e mac80211 rfkill iwlagn iwlcore iwl4965 cfg80211 pcmcia_core rsrc_nonstatic yenta_socket usbhid usbcore ehci-hcd uhci-hcd ieee1394 ohci1394 sd_mod sr_mod)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="Arkainia_Prime"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#

#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 !wlan0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @laptop-mode @acpid !network @netfs crond hal @fam @adsl @wicd @alsa @transmissiond @mpd @gdm)

kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: Enabling Wireless Roam

You can make your wirless connection working. The following link will be help ful
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup. I got the wirelss connnection working in my Acer laptop.