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BOOTPROTO=<protocol>, where <protocol> is one of the following:
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none — No boot-time protocol should be used.
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bootp — The BOOTP protocol should be used.
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dhcp — The DHCP protocol should be used.
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BROADCAST=<address>, where <address> is the broadcast address.
DEVICE=<name>, where <name> is the name of the physical device (except dynamically-allocated PPP devices where it is the logical name).
IPADDR=<address>, where <address> is the IP address.
NETMASK=<mask>, where <mask> is the netmask value.
NETWORK=<address>, where <address> is the network address.
class="REPLACEABLE"><answer>, where <answer> is one of the following:
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yes — This device should be activated at boot-time.
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no — This device should not be activated at boot-time.
USERCTL=<answer>, where <answer> is one of the following:
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true — Non-root users are allowed to control this device.
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false — Non-root users are not allowed to control this device.
>USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ESSID="whatever"
KEY="your128bithexkey "
MODE=Managed
WPA=yes
I have not covered all of the parameters you mentioned but with the above you should be able to get things done. I am not an expert but always learning ;-)
Hello there,I am wondering what I am doing wrong here on this =
"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-scripts/ifcfg-eth1"? Here is my =
file:USERCTL=3Dno
PEERDNS=3Dyes
GATEWAY=3D192.168.1.1 (which is how i access my router)
TYPE=3DWireless
DEVICE=3Deth1
HWADDR=3D00:5c:91:60:2c:99
BOOTPROTO=3Ddhcp
NETMASK=3D255.255.255.0
>DHCP_HOSTNAME=3Dnautilus
IPADDR=3D not sure whether to put anything here my ip should be gotten =
from the router
NAME=3D not sure if I need to put anything here
DOMAIN=3D I am assuming nothing needs to go here?
ESSID=3DEOTWC
CHANNEL=3D1
MODE=3DManaged
KEY=3Ds:
RATE=3D54Mb/s
If someone can shine some light on this it would be great.Scott
