installed this wifi card on my p3 thinkpad from the live cd. It has a broadcom chipset with bcmwl5a.inf driver for ndiswrapper.
have installed 1.0.8 on to hd and each time I boot I have to run wag with a haphazard result. seems to pick up the card only if before I seat it, i physically remove and reinsert the pc card. then it actually is able to see the network .next, I toggle the dhcp to run and then I'm off to mozilla.
what I would like to know is:
1. is there a better and quicker way to get this wifi connected each boot and
2. is there a way to save the settings truly so that the card connects automatically with each boot as most other systems do so I don't have to use wag each time I boot up
I'm not a wiz on the command line so please be as clear as possible in that regard
a pre-thanks to all
How to autoconnect wifi trendnet tew-401pc+ at boot
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Look at this thread:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... highlight=
Let us know how you get on.
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... highlight=
Let us know how you get on.
re:autoconnect for wifi
#this file called from rc.local0
#you can edit this file
#When firewall is installed, will append lines to this file...
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxxx
rm /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0
dhcpcd -t20 -h puppypc -d wlan0
as per your advise, I made these changes to the rc.local file
. it seems that the dhcp is still hanging and does not activate on boot. when I use wag to toggle it on, i get connected pronto.
thanks for your input
mike
#you can edit this file
#When firewall is installed, will append lines to this file...
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxxx
rm /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0
dhcpcd -t20 -h puppypc -d wlan0
as per your advise, I made these changes to the rc.local file
. it seems that the dhcp is still hanging and does not activate on boot. when I use wag to toggle it on, i get connected pronto.
thanks for your input
mike
re:autoconnect wifi
modprobe ndiswrapper
sleep 5
iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxx
sleep 5
rm /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.*
sleep 5
dhcpcd -t20 -h puppypc -d wlan0
well, I made the adjustment that you recommended plus the sleeps but I still haven't gotten the dhcp to connect. during boot up , I noticed that the rm /etc/ dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.* could not be found. maybe it ois a syntax prob but the wag dhcp toggle gets me going in a jiffy. still would like to find a fully auto way to get this wifi loaded.
thanbks for your help
mike
sleep 5
iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxx
sleep 5
rm /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.*
sleep 5
dhcpcd -t20 -h puppypc -d wlan0
well, I made the adjustment that you recommended plus the sleeps but I still haven't gotten the dhcp to connect. during boot up , I noticed that the rm /etc/ dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.* could not be found. maybe it ois a syntax prob but the wag dhcp toggle gets me going in a jiffy. still would like to find a fully auto way to get this wifi loaded.
thanbks for your help
mike
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ah, this is what happens when I cut and paste without looking!
the line:
rm /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.*
should point to /etc/dhcpc..........not /etc/dhcpcd
which is probably why it could not be found when you tried it first.
Don't ya just love this forum!!
the line:
rm /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.*
should point to /etc/dhcpc..........not /etc/dhcpcd
which is probably why it could not be found when you tried it first.
Don't ya just love this forum!!
trapster
Maine, USA
Asus eeepc 1005HA PU1X-BK
Frugal install: Slacko
Currently using full install: DebianDog
Maine, USA
Asus eeepc 1005HA PU1X-BK
Frugal install: Slacko
Currently using full install: DebianDog