[ltp] T41p, often cannot connect by wireless

[Marius Gedminas]

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On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 07:55:12AM +0200, Fran=E7ois Fleuret wrote:
> More generally what tools do you use to connect to a wifi network ? I
> have to admit I am pretty primitive, usually I scan with "iwlist
> scan", force a AP with "iwconfig ap xx.xx.xx.xx.xx" and run dhcpcd-bin
> on the interface. Is that standard ? Or should I use some application
> to do all that for me ? I don't have gnom nor KDE installed, so I'd
> prefere a command-line / curse application.

'ifup eth1' generally works for me.  My /etc/network/interfaces has this:

  auto eth1
  iface eth1 inet dhcp
      wireless-mode managed
      wireless-essid any

Generally boot or resume brings up the network automatically and I
almost never have to fiddle with it.  Sometimes I try to force a
specific network with iwconfig eth1 essid foo.

T42, ipw2200, Ubuntu Dapper.

Marius Gedminas
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