JT Moree wrote:
That's just bringing the interface up. equivalent to
ifup eth1
Not exactly. ifup runs all the startup scripts for bringing up the
interface. The "ifconfig eth1 up" command only tells the system the
interface should be made active.
huh? are you saying it only works with encrypted APs? What about when
you go to a public hotspot?
No, it means you would need to tell it the ESSID of the network you want
to connect to before the interface would come up. Since my laptops are
only used at home 99.9% of the time I hard code the key in the startup
scripts.
The way to work around this issue seems to either put the ESSID in the
ifcfg-eth1 configuration file or just run NetworkManager which seems to
work just fine with this driver.
If you typically use hotspots and move around frequently you'll
definitely want to use NetworkManager.
--
Greg Gulik http://www.gulik.org/greg/
greg @ gulik.org
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