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Old 25th July 2011
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Hello again people,

After finally setting my connection and being able to connect via ethernet,i'm trying to connect using the wireless this time.I installed the wpi-firmware and I have this nwid:

Code:
NetFasteR IAD (PSTN)
So after typing something like this:

Code:
# ifconfig wpi0 nwid NetFasteR IAD (PSTN) wpakey thepassword
i get this error

Code:
ksh: syntax error : `(' unexpected
Is there a trick to make it work without changing to a nwid without `(' ?
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Old 25th July 2011
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Is there a trick to make it work without changing to a nwid without `(' ?
If you look at the wpi(8) manpage, you will see that the expected command-line arguments will take the form:
Code:
# ifconfig wpi0 nwid my_net wpakey passphrase
In other words, the third command-line parameter denotes the network identifier. The embedded spaces & the parenthesis in:
Quote:
NetFasteR IAD (PSTN)
...are thus reeking havoc.

You can try encapsulating this string in single quotes, & if this still doesn't work, try adding a backslash before the opening & closing parenthesis.

Untested.
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Yeap single quoting worked fine thanx ocicat.
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