Wireless Network Key

debian debiani386 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 6 20:12:27 UTC 2008


On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 10:06 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Greg Lindstrom wrote:
> > Is there a way for me to enter my wireless network key so that I do
> > not need to enter it each time I connect?  I'm running version 8.04.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > --greg
> > 
> 
> Bash is your friend.  Just write a small shell script that includes the 
> key.  I do that for most of my wireless connections.
> 
> But be warned, that's a potential security risk, so lock that script 
> down tight.

well gnomes little network app will automatically connect to the network
for you w/o prompting for a wireless key after you provided it when you
connected to the network the first time

--cj
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 
> Mark Haney
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> ERC Broadband
> (828) 350-2415
> 
> Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support
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