Problems setting authmode in /etc/conf.d/net

[Jansenator]

Hi All,

I've got my WEP encrypted wireless working just doing it by hand like this:

iwconfig ath0 key key <the key>
iwpriv ath0 authmode 1
iwconfig ath0 essid <my id>
dhcpcd ath0

Great! Now I want to just do it through /etc/init.d/net.ath0 at startup. Well I could without WEP, but using WEP the
/etc/init.d/net.ath0 script complains about not being able to set the authorization mode. Here is my /etc/conf.d/net so you
can see how I am trying to do the smae thing as done above but then through the script:

modules=( "iwconfig" )
config_ath0=( "dhcp" )
essid_ath0="..."
mode_ath0="managed"
channel_ath0="1"
key_...="s:... enc open"

iwpriv_<essid here>=( "set authmode=1" )

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When I do it like this, dhcpcd keeps hanging. But as said doing it by hand everything is ok. So I am thinking it must
be the iwpriv thing given that this is the only difference, i.e. starting the /etc/init.d/net.ath0 script complains about not being
able to set it.


I am a beginner at linux, and I my feeling is I am just getting some small thing wrong with the syntax for
setting the authorization mode. Any help will be much appreciated.

greeting,

Jansenator.

[erik258]

Hi. I just got this working automatically for my AP which also uses madwifi-ng. I have it configured in master mode, but I do use wep and did have a bit of trouble with it. The relevant part of /etc/conf.d/net on my router looks like

mode_ath0="master" # 'managed' is the default, you won't need a mode setting
essid_ath0="311g" # change for your network
key_311g="s:xxxxx" # enc method defaults to restricted, forcing clients to use WEP
config_ath0=("192.168.2.1") #you would want dhcp probably


I recommend simplifying yours a bit. Trying restricted WEP (the default) instead of open and get rid of the mode setting all together.
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