[SOLVED] startup wi-fi configuration

[netimen]

I have put the following in /etc/network/interfaces:

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:

Don't seem to be have all the variables for wlan0/inet.
Failed to bring up wlan0.

And wlan0 still remains down.

[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..

[netimen]

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!