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#1 2009-06-07 09:53:35

Dinchamion
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From: Pécs, Hungary
Registered: 2009-06-07
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[SOLVED] Wifi not connecting properly at boot

Heya,

I'm new to Arch (not so much to linux in general) and so far I'm loving it to death. I've set up the installation, network, gnome, ATI drivers, and now it's installing software. However, I have a problem with my wireless connection.

It's working, so my settings are working. However, I can't seem to enable it during boot via netcfg. I have to manually set up iwconfig and route (which is, again, very odd, since I do have it in my rc.conf) after login. Here are my config files:

rc.conf

# 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
#
ath0="IP SETTINGS"
INTERFACES=(ath0)

# 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 IP"
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=(NETWORK)

...

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network network-profiles netfs crond alsa hal fam gdm)

/etc/network.d/NETWORK

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection"
INTERFACE="ath0"
SECURITY="wep"
SCAN="no"
ESSID="ESSID"
KEY="WEP-KEY"
IWCONFIG="channel 8"
IP="static"

I'd share more info, especially a detailed log, because I get an error message during boot, but login comes too quickly, and I can't seem to find a log of the messages anywhere.

I'm using madwifi. I've tried configuring the network in rc.conf, but it doesn't work that way either. (Same problem)

Help would be appreciated!


Edit: problem solved, I wrote 'network-profiles' instead of 'net-profiles' in rc.conf. Stupid me. smile

Last edited by Dinchamion (2009-06-08 15:03:43)


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