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OldAdamUser2:
Here is the easy way to automate connection to wifi. click on Aterm (the screen button at the bottom-center of your display) and type in "sudo mc" without the parentheses. This will open Midnight Commander your file-manager/file-editor. Find your way to the /opt directory and highlight the bootlocal.sh file. This is a file that automatically executes commands every time you reboot your computer. Enter the following lines:
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         sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid any
          sudo udhpc -i wlan0
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    Push F2 to save the changes you have made to bootlocal.sh. (If the script doesn't work, you may need to change wlan0 to ath0.) The first two commands assume that you are going to be using a public wifi signal (i.e., no password needed). If you will normally be using a password-protected network, you can modify the lines appropriately. For example, to connect automatically to a wep-wifi, you will need the following:
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         sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid your-essid-name
          sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode managed key your-password
          sudo udhdpc -i wlan0

julianb:
Thanks. I have now successfully used this machine (the 900A) to connect to wireless with and without WEP encryption, using wireless-tools. WICD also works. (but i gather that putting sudo wicd-start in bootlocal.sh would be the way to make it work without having to do that command every time the machine starts)

I still have not succeeded in getting the realtek rtl 8187se wireless card to work on my eee pc 701sd. i'm trying to make ndiswrapper do the job. will let you know if it works.

roberts:
Command in /opt/bootlocal.sh run as user root. sudo is not needed.

OldAdamUser2:
Right you are, roberts! Thank you. Good code is clean, efficient code.

gpiers:
Hi first time posting,

I was trying tiny core on eee 900ha.
I managed to set the required static ip for my network (10.0.0.X) range.
Saved the configuration.

Then when I boot back into windows the wireless adapter cannot connect.  It even shows up as a different instance eg #2.
The adapter detects wireless network.

If I go back into tiny core I can't connect either.  Its as if the first time it locked the wireless adapter.

I have tried to boot into safe mode in windows and uninstall the #2 (device manager) and let it auto detect the wireless adapter next boot, but no joy.

http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/47055.htm



Any ideas on how I can solve this problem please?

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