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03-23-2006 #1
/sbin/iwconfig will not 'commit'
I'm using an Orinoco Gold card which is up and running with WEP perfectly. I've used this card with other distros and it has worked well across the board. My trouble is, I cannot get my /sbin/iwconfig configuration to commit:
Code:/sbin/iwconfig eth0 commit
Code:Error for wireless request "Commit changes" (8B00) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.
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03-24-2006 #2
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I have no idea how to answer your actual question, but you don't have to go through that to get your ESSID and WEP key configured for every boot. Looking into the files:
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf
I've installed, and re-installed, Slack on a few computers, and every time I need my wireless card to run I configure those two files. rc.wireless.conf pretty much just calls iwconfig with the right parameters (ESSID, WEP key, etc) and rc.inet1.conf brings up the interface.
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03-25-2006 #3
Thanks bidi, I filled in the correct fields in the two files and then couldn't get on the Internet at all. I then rebooted and /sbin/iwconfig went back to not being configured as before. I guess I did something wrong. I finally gave up trying to figure the error out and just added:
Code:/sbin/iwconfig eth0 ESSID "myessid" enc MY-WEP-KEY
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03-25-2006 #4
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This is my rc.inet1.conf, I configured the wireless card in here instead of rc.wireless.conf!
Code:# Config information for eth0: IPADDR[0]="" NETMASK[0]="" USE_DHCP[0]="" DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]="" # Default gateway IP address: GATEWAY="" # Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout. Unfortunately, # /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output # when rc.inet1 is called directly. DEBUG_ETH_UP="no" ## Example config information for wlan0. Uncomment the lines you need and fill ## in your info. (You may not need all of these for your wireless network) IFNAME[1]="wlan0" IPADDR[1]="" NETMASK[1]="" USE_DHCP[1]="yes" DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]="" WLAN_ESSID[1]=Wireless WLAN_MODE[1]=Managed
Code:VERBOSE=1 case "$HWADDR" in ## NOTE : Comment out the following five lines to activate the samples below ... ## --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE ----------- ## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards *) INFO="Netgear MA101" ESSID="Wireless" ;; ## ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------