[ltp] Re: wireless and waproamd

shorty linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:40:02 +1000


On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 15:37 +1000, shorty wrote:
> Have gotten my wireless card working today with the madwifi drivers. :)
> Dunno why, as I dont have a wireless network, but I didnt have anything
> better to do. At the moment, the only places where I will be able to use
> it will be in public hotspots. I have installed waproamd but am having a
> brainfart trying to set it all up. What I want to do, is use the f5
> hotkey to fire up the card and then get waproamd to search for a network
> and configure it. Shouldnt be to difficult but am stuck at the moment.
> Also, just installed ifconfigd, and now my eth0 card is always up. I
> cant get it to go down with ifconfig. Does ifconfig always need the card
> up and then configures it when a cable is plugged in?

I meant ifplugd.
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shorty