Re: [crisos] rt73usb driver

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Hi Jaco,

2008/5/14 Jaco <jacotb@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Claudio,
>
>  Claudio schreef:
>
>
>  Thanks for looking into it. Yes I am using wpa_supplicant. I tried to use
> the dongle on Ubuntu Hardy using network-manager and the rt73usb driver, and
> that worked. Isn't network-manager basically a frontend for wpa_supplicant?
>

I'm sure that Debian and former Ubuntu applied a lot of patches before
release any packages. Is it the mentioned patch included???

 :D

>  Anyway, i tried to set the encryption using iwpriv, and that seemed to
> work. But how do I actually associate to the AP, or does it do that
> automatically?

This should be done automatically, quoting README:
    4. Check that you're associated with an AP
          # iwconfig wlan0


Here http://pastebin.com/m63d51ffa I post the complete README, it can
be very useful.

> And how do I initiate a DHCP request?

You can use udhcpc -i <interface>

the man page can be easily found  online:
http://www.penguin-soft.com/penguin/man/8/udhcpc.html


>  Thanks and regards,
>
>
>  Jaco
>
>  ---

Bye

Claudio
- http://www.crisos.org/

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