maemo.org - Talk - [Debian] Wireless configuation in Deblet LXDE

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.