Automatically Having Atheros- Based Card to Auto-Configure
Adam Hough
ahough at lsu.edu
Thu Dec 7 14:05:58 UTC 2006
I have an T41p with an Atheros chipset also. I using wpa_supplicant
instead of NetworkManager to control my wireless network selection. I
have wpa_supplicant start automatically and then in rc.local I have a
script that run dhclient for me to get an ip address. I have found that
networkmanager has a hard time connecting to a week signal. It also
takes longer to reconnect the wpa_suplicant also. I say that because at
work I will have a usable connection with just wpa_suplicant but not
with NetworkManager because of a firmware bug between the intel and
athreos chipsets with our cisco based wireless network.
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 21:50 -0500, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First, I want to say that my Atheros-based card is working
> perfectly. Well, almost. Is there anyone using this type of card where
> it can automatically configure itself upon boot-up? Everytime I have to
> boot the computer, I always have to type in a password for it to be
> configured properly. I can also see as the hardware is being detected,
> it seems to indicate that the card cannot be found (WiFi0). I am using
> an IBM ThinkPad T-30 and am using a Linksys WPC55AG card, which uses the
> Atheros-based drivers. I am also using WPA2 encryption through Network
> Manager and the card is receiving its signal through a Linksys broadband
> router (WRT54G). I want to know if there is a way to automate this
> process. If there is, what do I have to configure to make this process
> happen automatically without having to type any passwords? Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
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Adam Hough
High Performance Computing
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ahough at lsu.edu
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