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Hi!
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Nice of you to pop by.
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Slackware 10.x replacement rc scripts by Alien.
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PREFACE:
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If you were looking for the 'http://sox.homeip.net/slackware-10.1.IHWhqM'
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URL, a word of advice. The rc.inet1 script that I put up there is still
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available in the subdirectory 'slackware-10.1.IHWhqM' that you'll find
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above.
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However, Pat Volkerding was not happy with the fact that this particular
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script breaks compatibility with older rc.inet1.conf configuration files.
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Therefore, I re-designed the pair of scripts: rc.inet1 and rc.wireless
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so that their configuration files (rc.inet1.conf and rc.wireless
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respectively) remain compatible with the stock Slackware versions.
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The new scripts that you will find here, have much more functionality
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than my first attempts (still kept for reference in the
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slackware-10.1.IHWhqM directory).
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So, read on for all the info you'll need about this new stuff......
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NETWORK CARD CONFIGURATION:
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A major complaint with wireless network cards, is that Slackware's
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network configuration does not allow for other interfaces than eth0,
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eth1, etc...
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My replacement scripts work fine for network interfaces with other names
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than eth0, etc1, ..... For instance, you can use them if you have a
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wireless interface called wlan0, or ath0, or ra0.
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You will need the set of rc.inet1* and rc.wireless* together - you must
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upgrade them all at once (well the *.conf files may stay the same if you
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are still using the stock Slackware scripts).
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These new rc scripts will offer support for arbitrary network interface
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names, but also support for WPA encryption using wpa_supplicant.
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For WPA support you must of course install wpa_supplicant too, but
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the sources, build script and Slackware package can be found under
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http://sox.homeip.net/slackware/slackbuilds/wpa_supplicant/
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Put your WPAPSK (the WPA pre-shared key) in '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
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together with other wireless settings
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- look at '/etc/wpa_supplicant.sample' for inspiration.
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>>> WEP encryption, naturally, is still supported, like before. <<<
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The rc.wireless script must only be run by the rc.inet1 script,
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it is not meant to be run directly by you, the user.
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So, to start your wlan0 interface, you run:
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# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_start
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and to restart the interface (i.e. stop, and then start again) you do:
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# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_restart
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Look at the bottom of rc.inet1.conf for examples of the (many new)
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parameters you can configure for your interfaces.
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I would like to receive your comments on how they work for you, so that
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they can hopefully be incorporated into Slackware 11 eventually.
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You can contact me in Freenode IRC in ##slackware.
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Look out for alien_ or aloon.
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Eric Hameleers <alien -at- sox -dot- homeip -dot- net> / 28-apr-2005 /
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