On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 10:37:25 -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> wrote: > Jim wrote: > > -- i looked at the ifup- device file and all greek to me > > am i suposed to editthat file with the correct settings? or does the > > ifcfg-device file get read into the ifup-device file? sound > > confusing? > > is to me > > No, you are not supposed to edit ifup and ifup-wireless files. Even if > you do, they'd get overwritten when you upgrade initscripts package. > > Basically, those two files are shell scripts. At the beggining of each > file, there's comment section describing various settings you can place > in ifcfg-* and other configuration files. If you know anything about > shell scripting, by looking in them you can see what files they will > read for various options. What I missed is that keys-* config files > will also be read by them (indirectly, from network-functions script > which is sourced somewhere at the begining of ifup). > > So, if your wireless device is eth0 (for example), you can place the KEY > line in either network, ifcfg-eth0 or keys-eth0 file (keys-eth0 seems to > be preferred location, place it there and make file readable only by > root). If you need to have more than one key, you can place them in > variables KEY1, KEY2, KEY3, and KEY4 (up to four keys, limitation of the > script), and specify with DEFAULTKEY wich one is the default key (for > example DEFAULTKEY=3). Check the man page for iwconfig for format of > the KEY. It sould be in the same format as iwconfig's key option. Per > man page, passphrase is not yet supported. > > -- > Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited > Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place > Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7 > > i guess my problem is that i can't configure it via terminal cause i get a command error Ex. [jim@localhost ~]$ iwconfig eth1 essid Wireless channel 6 mode managed rate 11M key s:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX bash: iwconfig: command not found [jim@localhost ~]$ help? -- Still Learning Linux Still HaTE Microsoft jim lawrence > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
