<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Archlinux uses a package called netcfg, I am not sure if this is distro specific though. Its essentially a set of scripts that streamline all the different steps involved to connect wirelessly. Just put your stuff into a config file and away you go.<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Khalid Baheyeldin <kb@2bits.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 20, 2012 2:20:07 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kwlug-disc] command line wireless configuration<br> </font> </div> <br>Configuring wireless using command line is painful. Been there done that.<br><br>But a good way to configure it from the command line is to install<br>the wicd-curses package, and whatever it depends on.<br><br>Much much easier that way.<br><br>On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Chris Bruner <<a ymailto="mailto:cbruner@quadro.net" href="mailto:cbruner@quadro.net">cbruner@quadro.net</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm having problems with recent kernels and my wireless, and I was wondering<br>> if I could get some direction in using the command line step by step to<br>> configure the wireless with dhcp just so I can rule out gui problems.<br>><br>> iwconfig<br>><br>> --<br>> Chris Bruner<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kwlug-disc mailing list<br>> <a
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