configure wireless security

[Aleksandar Milivojevic]

jim lawrence wrote:
> I've read the iwconfig man page followed the instructions
> I even we nt as far as  coping the ifcfg-eth1 text file into another
> edited it by adding the KEY
> field to it put it back into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and
> reboot,  I get the   "Set bite Rate not supported error and it tells
> me to check the cable  on boot.

I got something similar when I attempted to use network configuration tools.

What I did to setup my card (and it worked, and I should have done it 
that way in the first place, and I don't know why I was wasting my time 
with GUI tools) was finding out what driver I need, placed it in 
/etc/modprobe.conf (alias eth1 driver-name), copied ifcfg-eth0 (my 
Ethernet interface) to ifcfg-eth1 (my Wireless interface) and edited it 
(changed DEVICE to eth1, TYPE to Wireless, I'm using DHCP so I didn't 
need to change anything else), and placed 128bit WEP key (I have an old 
card, no WPA support in Windows and Linux drivers) in keys-eth1 file 
(KEY=long-hex-string).  Typed ifup eth1, and it came up, working 
perfectly.  iwconfig configured all the other stuff automatically, 
correctly, and without any errors or warnings (ESSID, bitrates, everything).

Oh, and I just found the last piece I was missing in posting from Roman 
Maeder.  In short, on my laptop the wireless interface gets configured 
on boot even if I have "ONBOOT=no" in ifcfg-eth1.  Apperently, according 
to Roman, "HOTPLUG=no" is also needed.  I'll have to give it a try when 
I get home.

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