Unable to automatically load wireless at start up

[mark2]

I would like to be able to load my wireless (eth1) during the boot process, using puppy2.13

Currently I have to launch the network set up wizard (which shows eth1 ) to connect after I've reached the desktop.

last section of dmesg output relating to the wireless ( I think )

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pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xc000 - 0xcfff
cs: IO port probe 0xc000-0xcfff: clean.
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xffd00000 - 0xffdfffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0x50000000 - 0x52ffffff
pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: cardmgr.
pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools.
pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html for details.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lp0: console ready
pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ieee80211softmac: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
bcm43xx driver
PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 3 (level, low) -> IRQ 3
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x3
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 5
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x4, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x5, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x2, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 2, Type 2, Revision 2
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off

Then once I've run the network set up wizard to connect eth1

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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x122, pl 0x98 (2004-11-16  07:21:20)
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1
SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:17:3f:07:1a:06
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x02A0 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x0260 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x0220 (TX) max used slots: 3/512
bcm43xx: DMA-32 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x122, pl 0x98 (2004-11-16  07:21:20)
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
SoftMAC: Open Authentication completed with 00:17:3f:07:1a:06

When asked do I want to save the configuration for next boot I do answer yes, but I still have to manually launch the wizard every time. Not a big deal but it would be nice if it retained my settings and launched automatically.

[barriew]

Hi I had the same problem with my eth1 wireless interface. I solved it by putting the ifconfig and iwconfig lines and dhcpcd in /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Probably not the best solution, but it works!

Barrie

[mark2]

Thanks barriew, I should have remembered I've done it before too with a different card, and also seen it here in the forum.