2.10: must reinstall wireless after each boot (Solved)

[cwmoser]

I finally got Wireless working but is this the best way?

(Using Puppy Pro 2.10 on a notebook using a Linksys WPC54G PCMCIA card)

What I have to do on each boot up:
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Install wifi-1.0.0.4-beta-2.pup
(mount the drive that has this pup file, click on the pup file, select to install)

Issue these commands:

# modprobe ndiswrapper

# dmesg

# iwconfig wlan0 essid NETGEAR mode managed channel 11

# ifconfig wlan0

# dhcpcd wlan0

Finally, back in the GUI interface:
Start -> Setup -> Ethernet Setup Wizard
click on wlan0
click on Auto DHCP

... then I can Browse!!

QUESTIONS:
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1-) How do I get wifi-1.0.4-beta-w.pup to automatically install?

2-) How do I set this up so that these steps will be done automatically on each bootup?

3-) Any advice, suggestions?

Thanks

CW

[Pizzasgood]

Are you sure you have to re-install it each time? Once should be enough.

The commands can be added to /etc/rc.d/rc.local and they'll be run at each boot.

The ethernet wizard should save whatever you do with it automatically if you click the "yes" button when it asks if it should remember the settings. I don't see why that step would be necessary though. The dhcpcd command should be enough. Maybe it needs some other parameters, but whatever the gui does can certainly be converted to a command and done in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

[cwmoser]

Thanks PizzasGood. I took your suggestion and inserted those commands in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and that got Wireless fixed for me.

Thanks much

CW