[SOLVED] startup wi-fi configuration

10-06-2009	#1 (permalink)
netimen Just Joined! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 39	[SOLVED] startup wi-fi configuration I have put the following in /etc/network/interfaces: Code: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static wireless-key off wireless-channel 1 wireless-mode ad-hoc wireless-essid NNNN address 192.168.1.3 But when I boot up wlan0 is down and when I type ifup wlan0 I get: Code: Don't seem to be have all the variables for wlan0/inet. Failed to bring up wlan0. And wlan0 still remains down.

10-06-2009	#2 (permalink)
Legolasthehansy Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 19	Since you are specifying this interface as static you need to specify Netmask/Network/Broadcast etc.. Check dmesg or the equivalent of /var/log/messages for Linux in your distro and see what is missing..

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Originally Posted by Legolasthehansy

Since you are specifying this interface as static you need to specify Netmask/Network/Broadcast etc.. Check dmesg or the equivalent of /var/log/messages for Linux in your distro and see what is missing..

Yeah, thank you! That worked!

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