Pin To Start Up?

[JokersLoose]

Hello All,

How do I make my wireless connect automaticly at start up? Do I have to have Kwallet running? Or is there something else I should do. Cause now when I start my system I have to right click then click on my network. Sometimes it will connect right away and sometimes I have to do it twice.

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

2 questions:

are you using WEP or WPA?

what router/wirelesscard do you have (and what chipset is your wireless card)

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

are you using WEP or WPA?

WEP

router

Belkin Nwireless router Model: F5D8233-4V3

wirelesscard

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Linksys Unknown device 0013
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
    Memory at fcffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

Is this what you needed?

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

yes

could u show the output of

cat /etc/network/interfaces

(IF your wireless key is in there MAKE SURE to star it out (if it just says "wireless-key" and nothing after that, just leave it))

and also

ifconfig

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

Here ya go:

james@DeskTop:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

james@DeskTop:~$ ifconfig
eth0   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:02:82:0F
     UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
     RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
     TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
     collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
     RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth1   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:62:83:77
     inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
     inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:fe62:8377/64 Scope:Link
     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
     RX packets:38855 errors:0 dropped:1221332 overruns:0 frame:0
     TX packets:26402 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
     collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
     RX bytes:49158927 (46.8 MB) TX bytes:2313781 (2.2 MB)
     Interrupt:3 Base address:0x8000

lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
     inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
     inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
     UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
     RX packets:275 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
     TX packets:275 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
     collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
     RX bytes:20443 (19.9 KB) TX bytes:20443 (19.9 KB)

james@DeskTop:~$

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

okay i'm a little confused (i apologize, i'm kind of a noob)

so at the moment you are connected through Ethernet correct?

are you able to manually connect to your wireless network, or are you unable to connect at all

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I use a linksys wireless adaptor in my system now. I connects and remembers the WEP code for me I just have to right click on the network icon and tell it to connect to my router. Instead of automaticly connecting when I start the system.

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

are your restricted drivers enabled for your Broadcom card enabled
(an easy way to do this is K menu > System Settings click on the advanced tab and click "Restricted Drivers". Then go into administrator mode and you should see an option for your wireless card)

EDIT:
for curiosity sake, is your linksys adapter USB? or what interface does it use?

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

Ok it shows inabled and in use. It's a PCI card, btw.

PS: Not sure if it matters or not, but I am using the network now. The router, adapter. I just have to tell it too connect each time.

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

first back up ur interfaces file

sudo mv /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bac

i would suggest using a graphic text editor such as kate or kwrite (if not, u could use nano or another non-graphic text editor)

sudo kate /etc/network/interfaces

then copy this into the file (delete everything that is already in the file, you already have it backed up)

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0


iface eth0 inet dhcp

iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid [your network name here] 
wireless-key [your hexadecimal WEP key here]

auto eth1

(Don't forget to save of course!)

Then after you restart, your wireless card should be good to go


if you do not know your network name use K menu > KWiFiManager to scan for your network. if you do not have KWiFi, get it with

 sudo apt-get install Kwifimanager

NOTE: i have only ever worked with wireless cards of the Atheroes chipset
i ASSUME the interface for you is eth1 (by researching online)

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

Yes it's eth1. So I followed your directions twice and each time it disabled the adapter each time. I had to put it back to it's org settings for it it work.

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

wait im confused.

what exactly does the adapter do? if u have ur card set up why do u need the adapter?

and is your problem fixed?

EDIT: oh wait. i think i understand. i thought that u had a wireless card AND an adapter. so the adapter is broadcom. am i correct?

so your wireless still isnt starting up on boot?

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

No it doesnt start up with a restart. When I edit with what was given I get an icon that looks like a USB memory stick where the bars are. When I put it back to the org file (the one I saved) then I get a box with a red X over it.

Make since?

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

hmmm. thats troubling. well i've heard from plenty of people not to use linksys cards with linux because there are so many problems. there might be a workaround for this, however im completely out of ideas. i would suggest that if u ever buy another card to get an atheroes chipset. i use netgear, and it works just fine for me.

sorry i couldnt be of more help

[JokersLoose]

Re: Pin To Start Up?

Hey thanks for trying. It's not the end of the world if it doesn't connect when I start my system. There are some things I am lazy with and this is one of them LOL

Thanks again,

James