27 February, 2009

Arch Linux and network profiles

Just as a small note to self. I have been setting up Arch Linux on a laptop and had trouble working with network profiles. So here's a reminder on what is needed (after supporting software like dialog and netcfg have been installed, and drivers for your wireless card are functioning):
  1. Create the profiles in /etc/network.d/. Easiest process is to copy relevant examples from /etc/network.d/examples/ and modify as needed.
  2. Add "net-profiles" to the DAEMONS line in /etc/rc.conf
  3. Uncomment the NETWORKS line in /etc/rc.conf and set it to read "NETWORKS=(menu)"
  4. Comment out the lines related to a fixed network in /etc/rc.conf, but keep HOSTNAME
Information is available in the Arch wiki, but I misread and thought that the daemon to add was "network-profiles". It took me a while to figure it out...

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