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If everything else has failed you will want to take a look at this script and adapt it to fit your installation. It just might be the answer to your wireless woes. This wlan script will run through the various settings to make sure everything is correct. If it stops after a specific step, then go back and look at how you have that step configured. Keep in mind that if you are running encrypted you will set your wep attributes to true and false if you are not. Remember that the default SSID is "Default". I use a different one so must change it to what I use. You do not use quotation marks when putting in your ssid or authtype. Managed means you do not use WEP and Open means you do. The wep key is given in two character increments with each two characters followed by a colon. This took me a long time to figure out. If you are not running wep then you can simply put a # in front of the lines that set the wep key. This will comment out those lines. The bottom lines with the ifconfig wlan0 followed by 192.etc. will need to be filled in with what you find when you look at your router's configuration. You may also correctly find the numbers by looking at another distro on your given computer. The gw took me a while to figure out as well. In this case gw is not gross weight but instead stands for "gateway". ![]() On your router you will have a number of options for encryption keys. Mine numbers them from 1 to 4. These numbers do not match in Linux. Linux would number these same keys as being 0 to 3. Be sure to subtract one from what your router specfies as the WEP encryption key. Wlan Script:
When you are finished configuring this to your situation, save it as wlanscript.
Notes: If you use a SSID name other than default you will find a file called /etc/wlancfg/wlancfg-*****. (Replace ***** with the name of your network). If that does not automatically happen when you insert your SSID then go in and edit /etc/wlancfg/wlancfg-DEFAULT and save as /etc/wlancfg/wlancfg-(your name). If all else fails, run
to try to bring up your network manually. Good Luck! * If you asked for patience, you will know now that you have been tested to see if you need more patience. |
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