Using Wireless without NetworkManager

[Srikanth Konjarla]

Assuming the driver is loaded and your network interface shows up. For 
example,

# ifconfig

The above command would list active interfaces and the wireless 
interface would show up as eth1.

# iwconfig eth1 scan

Will show all the available SSIDs

# iwconfig eth1 essid "<SSID>"

Replace <SSID> with the SSID that you wish to connect to.

# iwconfig

The above would show the details about your wireless interface and can 
be determined if your wireless interface is actually associated to the 
Access Poing. Once successfully, associated (you will be able to see the 
hardware ID for AP).

# dhclient eth1

The above is to obtain the DHCP IP address.

Srikanth

Sieranski, Greg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a  Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless
> PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) wireless card that I am using with the
> madwifi drivers. Normally I would just use NetworkManager to connect to
> my access points but I was wondering if someone could tell me how to
> connect without having to use NetworkManager. 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg
>