[Debian] Wireless configuation in Deblet LXDE

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douwen | # 1 | 2008-11-03, 10:56 | Report

here i want to ask a silly question,
How can i config my wireless in LXDE, i can not find a place to setup ip address and other stuff in the LXDE wireless applet , it just try to connect my AP with DHCP way.
thanks for reading this..

fatalsaint | # 2 | 2008-11-03, 15:07 | Report

There are a few places.. /etc/network/interfaces is one. Or if you install a wireless manager like gnome-network-manager (probably the easiest).

You can also do it manually (this is the way I do it.. more reliable IMHO) using wpa_supplicant. You need to install wpa_supplicant if you don't have it.. and create/edit /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
#
# home network; allow all valid ciphers
network={
    ssid="home"
    scan_ssid=1
    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    psk="very secret passphrase" 
}

Then you make a script (say, start_wireless):

Code:

touch /usr/bin/start_wireless
chmod +x /usr/bin/start_wireless

Edit that script to contain something like:

Code:

killall -9 wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
dhclient wlan0

Then whenever you bootup you just run "start_wireless" from a CLI or place a desktop icon to it.

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