Automatic wireless setup

[nnigam]

Thanks, I should have thought of that. This does the trick for me.

[maestrobwh1]

so... I took it a step further (see end), so that any user would have to do nothing in order to have a connection.

I created this simple script and placed it in /home/knoppix/ and called it .network so it would be hidden.
After saving (show hidden files), make it executable.

#!/bin/bash
echo "Wireless is now starting!"
echo "Please wait until this shell closes"
echo "before launching other programs..."
sleep 5
echo "Setup the ESSID and channel..."
sudo iwconfig ath0 essid linksys channel 6
sleep 5
echo "Starting wireless... allow a few seconds..."
sudo ifconfig ath0 up
echo "Get IP address... allow a few more seconds..."
sleep 5
sudo pump -i ath0
sleep 1
echo "Wireless should be connected"
echo "The kwifimanager tray icon should now be green..."
echo "This shell will now exit ..."
sleep 3

Then I went to home/knoppix.kde/Auotstart/ right clicked --> create new --> link to application and browsed (show hidden files) to /home/knoppix/.network I also used the advanced and told it to use the terminal so that it would be "verbose" to the user... that way if anyone else boots it, they won't be trying to suddenly open the internet and start fussing around because it didn't have time to configure. I use kwifimanager and since it saves with my settings, it is automatically in my tray now.

bada bing... works every time.