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pgratz
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Joined: 06 May 2003
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 Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: Cant get wifi to automatically associate with correct ESSID |
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Hi All,
I'm having some problems with my wifi setup. Currently if I either
come out of hibernate or turn off the wifi kill switch on my laptop
the network card will connect to the first available network even
though it is blacklisted. I have to manually run
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
to get it to correctly associate with the right network (my local WEP
encrypted network).
I'm using the following:
baselayout-1.12.4-r7
udev-087-r1
ifplugd-0.28-r5
Here is what I have in /etc/conf.d/net
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config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
config_eth1=( "dhcp" )
config_eth2=( "dhcp" )
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Here is what I have in /etc/conf.d/ifplugd
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INTERFACES="eth0 eth1 eth2"
WIRELESS_INTERFACES="yes"
AUTO="yes"
BEEP="yes"
IGNORE_FAIL="yes"
IGNORE_FAIL_POSITIVE="yes"
IGNORE_RETVAL="yes"
POLL_TIME="1"
DELAY_UP="0"
DELAY_DOWN="0"
API_MODE="auto"
SHUTDOWN="no"
WAIT_ON_FORK="no"
MONITOR="yes"
ARGS=""
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Here is what I have in /etc/conf.d/wireless
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key_mylanpgratz="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
key_ronlucianet="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
preferred_aps=( "mylanpgratz" "ronlucianet" )
blacklist_aps=( "linksys" )
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I'm expecting that when I disengage the kill switch I should get
connected to the correct wireless network, is that correct? Can you
see anything I'm doing wrong? Incidentally this used to work
correctly up untill maybe a month or two ago, I'm just now starting to
look into why its broke...
Incidentally here is what it says (with rc verbose on) when I manually
restart eth0:
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pglaptop log # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
* Starting eth0
* Loading networking modules for eth0
* modules: apipa arping ccwgroup macchanger macnet rename ifplugd iwconfig essidnet iptunnel ifconfig pppd system dhclient ip6to4
* ifplugd provides plug
* iwconfig provides wireless
* ifconfig provides interface
* pppd provides ppp
* dhclient provides dhcp
* Configuring eth0 for MAC address 00:0E:35:27:CB:EA ... [ ok ]
* ifplugd does not work on wireless interfaces
* Configuring wireless network for eth0
* Scanning for access points
* Found "mylanpgratz" at 00:0F:3D:5E:25:F2 (managed, encrypted)
* Found "For E(a)gans Only" at 00:16:B6:0D:BB:A5 (managed)
* Found "Apt417" at 00:0C:41:A0:39:FE (managed, encrypted)
* Found "Sarah's Whore Network" at 00:16:B6:CD:F5:9B (managed, encrypted)
* Found "blahblahblah" at 00:0F:66:CC:9F:E4 (managed, encrypted)
* Found "linksys" at 00:0F:66:B8:18:B4 (managed)
* "linksys" has been blacklisted - not connecting
* Found "Depot 7" at 00:0F:66:CE:01:BD (managed, encrypted)
* Found "BartletforAmerica" at 00:16:B6:30:0F:04 (managed, encrypted)
* Found "champagnebubble" at 00:14:BF:A3:30:8B (managed, encrypted)
* Found "ibiatcl22" at 00:0F:66:AD:63:19 (managed, encrypted)
* Connecting to "mylanpgratz" in managed mode (WEP enabled - open) ... [ ok ]
* eth0 connected to ESSID "mylanpgratz" at 00:0F:3D:5E:25:F2
* in managed mode on channel 1 (WEP enabled - open)
* Configuring eth0 for ESSID "mylanpgratz" ... [ ok ]
* Bringing up eth0
* dhcp
* Running dhclient ... [ ok ]
* eth0 received address 192.168.1.16/24
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Thanks for any help!
Paul |
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pgratz
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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[Bump]
Sorry about the self bump but this is something I'd really like to fix. Anyone have any ideas or is this the expected behavior? |
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cyrillic
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Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 7313
Location: Groton, Massachusetts USA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I normally use ifplugd for wired networking and wpa_supplicant for wireless. Baselayout-1.12* has builtin support for both. |
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pgratz
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm, can you use wpa_suplicant with WEP (non-WPA) and non-encrypted APs? |
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cyrillic
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Location: Groton, Massachusetts USA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes |
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