[NBLUG/talk] WEP with debian laptop

[Andrew]

E Frank Ball wrote on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:50:12 -0700:

> OK I got the wireless card working with WEP by using this
> command:
> 
> iwconfig eth0 essid XXXXXXXXXXXXXX key XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> 
> Can this be put in a config file somewhere?
> 
> } } don't tell me to edit
> } } /etc/network/interfaces, that does nothing.

Actually, /etc/network/interfaces *is* where you'd put this
stuff. Have a look at this HOWTO:
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php/Debian_rt2500_Howto
It's for a different card than yours, but the wireless
configuration stuff applies to all wireless adapters on
Debian-like systems. And that ifrename tip looks interesting,
too. Could be useful on a box with several network interfaces.

A.