[ale] Wireless

[James Sumners]

`iwconfig wlan0 essid <id>`
`dhclient wlan0`

waproamd (http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/waproamd) is also really handy.
Just add scripts as outlined in the man page and it will automagically configure
your wireless device to access the first matching WAP.

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:38:54 -0400
David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> wrote:

> I've  got a Centrino laptop using NDISWrapper, I *think* I have my drivers 
> configured correctly.  I do NOT (yet) have a wireless AP at home, however 
> there is one at my office.
> 
> iwconfig shows
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
>           Bit Rate:11Mb/s
>           RTS thr:1600 B   Fragment thr:2344 B
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0/100  Signal level:-98 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> I've browsed through several HOW-TOs, but I've not figured out what  I need to
> do next to make things work.
> 
> David
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