[ale] Script won't assosciate my wireless?

[Jim Popovitch]

Hi Rob,

I have a near identical setup, what you need to do is break the iwconfig
commands up into multiple steps.  I also have to rmmod and insmod the
ipw2100 module when switching between WEB and t-mobile.  Basically what
to make life easy I just wrote a bunch of short scripts to use sudo and
manually config the correct network.  Linux sucks when it comes to
wireless auto config.

Here's my ifup-home script

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# reset networking....
sudo ifconfig eth0 down      > /dev/null 2>&1
sudo ifconfig eth1 down      > /dev/null 2>&1
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid any > /dev/null 2>&1
sudo modprobe -r e1000
sudo modprobe -r ipw2100
sudo modprobe -r ieee80211_crypt_wep
sudo modprobe -r ieee80211_crypt
sudo modprobe -r ieee80211

# load network modules
sudo modprobe e1000
sudo modprobe ipw2100

# config home network
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid home-net
sudo iwconfig eth1 key ****************************
sudo ifup eth1
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hth,

-Jim P.

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 09:05 -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> Sorry, wanted to send before I forgot :>
> 
> Linux, Debian unstable
> 2.6.9 Kernel
> Latest KDE
> Centrino Drive ipw2100-0.55
> 
> The exact command line is:
> 
> /sbin/iwconfig eth1 mode Managed essid wepkey key 66796fad63387358696e6e6763
> (Obviously a diff key and SID)
> 
> If I put that command in a bash script it won't associate.  If I run it
> by hand it works fine.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thus spake Jerald Sheets (jsheets at yahoo.com):
> 
> > Platform?
> > Distro?
> > Version?
> > Boot Loader?
> > 
> > --jms 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> > L. Harris
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:55 AM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] Script won't assosciate my wireless?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I've recently gotten wireless access in my office.  I'm trying to script the
> > association to the AP.  I've created a short bash script which reloads the
> > drivers (Centrino in an IBM Laptop), downs the interface, and then runs the
> > association.  If I run the script it never associates.
> > If I put an echo of the exact iwconfig command into the script and run the
> > command by hand it comes up fine.
> > 
> > Any one have any ideas?
> > 
> > 
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