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Wireless Internet Anything related to getting wireless set up in Linux. WLAN, WiFi, etc.

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09-17-2007	#1 (permalink)
timovandon2 Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	How to enable wireless connection at boot up? I got my wireless connection up! Well yeah, but not on a regular boot! It is in the boot section, but there it keeps on saying: Determining IP address and then fails (Check Cable?). Now after logging in as root I type in the Terminal: ifconfig ra0 up dhclient ra0 -d & and then the Internet is up. Any chance I can get this to work on a boot? Sorry again for being so worse with linux yet...! Last edited by devils casper; 09-18-2007 at 07:14 PM.. Reason: Started a new thread.

09-19-2007	#2 (permalink)
waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	It is most likely trying to connect before the driver module is loaded. In my Suse laptop, I use NDISWrapper. There is a line in /etc/sysconfig/kernel for loading modules, I have added NDISWrapper. Code: ## Type: string ## ServiceRestart: boot.loadmodules # # This variable contains the list of modules to be loaded # once the main filesystem is active # You will find a few default modules for hardware which # can not be detected automatically. # MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="ndiswrapper" This starts my wireless up, but I need to give a password before it will connect. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

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