Configuring a WEP network with ifup/ifdown

[pdedecker]

How can I configure my WEP-protected network using the command line (ifup, ifdown and that kind of stuff)?

[Zelmo]

You can use iwconfig to set wireless options (see the man page for details).
Most wireless options can also be set in the network interfaces file, so that they're called automatically when you call ifup (see the interfaces man page for details).

[pdedecker]

I configured my network and did ifup wlan0. I lost the screenshot, but it spitted out two rows of text and then said something like: Startmode is off.

[pdedecker]

By the way, here's my network config for wlan0:

BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME=''
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='auto'
USERCONTROL='yes'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CHANNEL=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY=''
WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH=''
WIRELESS_EAP_MODE=''
WIRELESS_ESSID='MY ESSID IS HERE'
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_KEY_0='MY CODE IS HERE'
WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='64'
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK=''
WIRELESS_NWID=''
WIRELESS_PEAP_VERSION=''
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID=''
WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=''
_nm_name='static-0'

Is this right? I'm using a WEP-protected wireless router that supports DHCP.