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| − | [[Category:Communication and network (English)]] | + | #REDIRECT [[Wireless network configuration]] |
| − | [[Category:HOWTOs (English)]]
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| − | By creating network profiles, you can easily select different network configurations at boot or at run time from the console.
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| − | ==Setting up the profiles==
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| − | As root: Duplicate the sample profile at /etc/network-profiles/, and save it as a describing name:
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| − | cd /etc/network-profiles
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| − | cp ./template home
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| − | Now edit this new profile (e.g. home) in your favorite editor (i.e. emacs) to fit your needs. Below is a very simple profile example to connect to a wireless network.
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| − | Using the profile below is equal to using:
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| − | iwconfig eth1 essid home_wlan key F4DE214AA8
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| − | dhcpcd -s 192.168.1.105 eth1
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| − | And here the profile script:
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| − | DESCRIPTION="Wireless profile at home"
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| − | # Network Settings
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| − | INTERFACE=eth1
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| − | HOSTNAME=myhost
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| − | # Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
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| − | IFOPTS="dhcp"
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| − | # Wireless Settings (optional)
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| − | ESSID=home_wlan
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| − | KEY=F4DE214AA8
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| − | IWOPTS="essid $ESSID key $KEY"
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| − | DHCPCD_ARGS="-s 192.168.1.105"
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| − | Create as many different profiles as you need
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| − | ==Select profile at boot time using GRUB==
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| − | Selcting a certain profile at boot time is handy, and is easily accomplished using [[GRUB]].
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| − | Edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst, duplicate your standard boot section and add NET=<profile name> to the kernel line e.g:
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| − | # (0) Arch Linux
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| − | title Arch Linux (Standard) [/boot/vmlinuz26]
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| − | root (hd0,0)
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| − | kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro vga=794
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| − | initrd /kernel26.img
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| − | # (1) Arch Linux
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| − | title Arch Linux (Wireless at home) [/boot/vmlinuz26]
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| − | root (hd0,0)
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| − | kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 ro vga=794 NET=home
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| − | initrd /kernel26.img
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| − | ==Change profile at run time==
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| − | If you want to change the profile after boot, simply type
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| − | netcfg home
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