Wifi on station

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Wifi setup

To bring station to wifi follow these steps:

1) create or update /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

ONBOOT=yes
DEVICE=wlan0
TYPE=Wireless
ESSID=xxxx
RATE=auto

BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=x.x.x.x
NETMASK=x.x.x.x
BROADCAST=x.x.x.x
NETWORK=x.x.x.x
GATEWAY=x.x.x.x

USERCTL=no
NM_CONTROLLED=no
MODE=Managed
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no

2) disable eth0, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

ONBOOT=no

3) edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, add output from command

wpa_passphrase <ssid> '<passphrase>'

4) set service "wpa_supplicant" to be started on boot

chkconfig wpa_supplicant on

5) set system parameter in file /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant

INTERFACES="-iwlan0"

6) reboot

It is good to have physical access to station to be able in case of problems make corrections ;). To use both interfaces one active and one as backup see Bonding.

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Bonding

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