Re: Configuring wep wireless during installation?

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 17 August 2015 at 11:59, John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost> wrote:
> On Aug 17,  9:25am, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> }
> } Correct me if I'm wrong but I haven't found a way to log into a
> } wireless router with WEP authentication from the installation kernel.
> }
> } 'wiconfig' is there, but I don't think it can handle WEP.
>
>      You don't need wiconfig.  ifconfig is quite capable of setting
> up WEP by itself, i.e.:
>
> ifconfig <int> ssid <ssid> nwkey <WEP key> up


Neat trick! I didn't know that. Thank you very much!

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Ottavio