prism2 config file

[Jason Boxman]

On Thursday 09 October 2003 11:06, Mikhail Dihay wrote:
> OS: RH9
> Card: Intersil Prism2
>
> I"ve install hostap_plx driver for my card. Etherething work fine if I
> configure it manualy every time then comp boots up. I should configure
> ESSID, channel, mode, key and another params.
>
> May be somebody knows place (file) where I can write this configuration

Yes.

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

DEVICE=wlan0
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=192.168.1.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
TYPE=Wireless
USERCTL=no
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
PEERDNS=no
ESSID=vortex
MODE=Master
CHANNEL=1
RATE=11Mb/s

With thanks to Oliver Otzen for emailing that to me over the summer.

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