Cyclades AlterPath ACS, Command Reference Manual

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AlterPath ACS Command Reference Guide
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PCMCIA Cards Integration
Removing the configuration from a wireless PCMCIA device
Before removing the configuration from a Wireless PCMCIA card configured in ACS,
you should first run “
cardctl eject <slot number> ” and then delete the lines of the
desired interface from the /etc/network/interfaces file.
CLI Method - Wireless PCMCIA
Basically you just need to configure 4 parameters to have a wireless network up and
running:
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ESSID - is the identifying name of an 802.11b wireless network. By specifying the
ESSID in your client setup is how you make sure that you connect to your wireless
network instead of your neighbors network by mistake.
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IP address - The IP address of the wireless interface
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Network Mask - Network mask of the wireless interface
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Encryption - Enables WEP data encryption, not necessary to have a wireless
network up, but strongly recommended due to security issues.
To configure a wireless PCMCIA card using the CLI, follow the steps:
Step 1 - Plug the PCMCIA wireless device into one of the available slots (slot 2,
for this example) and open the CLI interface by issuing the command:
# CLI
Step 2 - Configuring basic parameters.
The command below will configure 192.168.100.1 as IP address and
255.255.255.0 as network mask:
cli>config network pcmcia 2 wireless ip 192.168.100.1 mask 255.255.255.0
Now we need to configure the ESSID (Extended Service Set ID), that will be the
string “ test” for this example:
cli>config network pcmcia 2 wireless essid test
Step 3 - Setting security parameters.
It is strongly recommended to enable encryption on wireless connections. The
following command will enable connection encryption and set the string “ test1 ” as
key.
cli>config network pcmcia 2 wireless encrypt yes key s:test1
IMPORTANT: Check the note about WEP keys on page 256 .
Step 4 - Activating the configuration.