[Cialug] Wireless

[kristau]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Terry A. Haimann
<terry at haimannonline.com> wrote:
> Question, how would I modify these commands to sign on to a secured
> network?

The answer is, it depends on how the wireless is secured.  With WEP,
the options to add a WEP key are right in the iwconfig command:

  iwconfig wlan0 essid <network> key <hex key>

If you are connecting to a WPA or WPA2 network, you will need to
utilize wpa_supplicant.  Look at the QUICK START section in the man
page for wpa_supplicant for the basic steps.

BTW, I used to set up my wireless connections solely with command line
scripts.  Recently, the GUI network tools have gotten good enough (in
Mint, Ubuntu and SUSE at least) that I've not had to use scripts in a
long time.  I'm surprised you are having trouble with the GUI Network
Manager in FC 10.  Although Ubuntu also uses Network Manager, you may
try booting to a live Ubuntu disc to see whether or not it recognizes
your wireless.

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