Re: [Gumstix-users] connecting gumstix to internet wirelessly

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Donny,

On Dec 8, 2007 2:41 AM, Donny George <don...@gm...> wrote:
> presently the content of the file /etc/network/interfaces is like this
>
> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE mode ad-hoc
> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE essid gumstix-today
>         pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE nickname mm-ww
>
> so as per wat u said i need to modify the 2nd line with
>
>
> pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE key XXXXXXXX key open essid
> "MySSID" txpower 100mW

My assumption was that you had the default /etc/network/interfaces
which looks like this:

auto mwlan0
iface mwlan0 inet dhcp
        pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE essid any txpower 100mW

and it would be changed to this:

auto mwlan0
iface mwlan0 inet dhcp
    pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE key XXXXXXXX key open essid "MySSID"
txpower 100mW

If you're using an access point, then you're in managed mode (the
default). If you don't have an access point, then you probably won't
be able to connect to the internet. Ad-hoc mode normally requirs the
use of static IP addresses.

ad-hoc is typically only used for peer-to-peer communications.

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/