How to configure wireless adapter

[Raffaele]

Hello friends,
I need to configure my wireless adapter for broadband. How can i do this?

All suggestions are accepted.

[Milton.J]

Configuring wireless adapter to join wireless network in Windows Vista is easier. Vista is capable to detect non-broadcasting wireless network (hidden SSID) and you can configure it as preferred network. Configure wireless adapter in vista:

Wireless Adapter Driver Status and TCP/IP Setting
Install the wireless adapter driver correctly, if not it won’t work. You can always get the latest driver firmware from manufacturer website and install it. You can check wireless adapter driver status:

• Go to Start and click on Control Panel.
• Click on Hardware and Sound in Control Panel window.
• In Hardware and Sound window, click on Device Manager to open it.
• The Device Manager will appear, then locate and expand Network adapters and right click the network or wireless adapter you want to check, finally click on Properties.
• The network or wireless adapter properties window will appear, your driver is working well if it shows This device is working properly under General tab.
• You can also manually configure network adapter’s driver parameters under Advanced tab.

After that, you need to configure the TCP/IP setting on the wireless adapter with IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS manually or from DHCP server. To configure it:

• Go to Start and right click on Network and then click Properties.
• Network and Sharing Center window will appear, then click Manage network connections.
• Network Connections window will appears. Here you can right click on the network card that you wish to configure and click Properties.
• In the Local Area Connection Properties window, tick on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
• You can now key in the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS servers.

If you have enabled DHCP setting on the wireless router, then you should select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically on your wireless adapter’s TCP/IP setting.

[Spyrus]

Here's the solution for Configuring the Wireless Adapters:

Configure your adapters after setting up the wireless router or access point (if you have one). Insert the adapters into your computers as explained in your product documentation. Wi-Fi adapters require TCP/IP be installed on the host computer.

Manufacturers each provide configuration utilities for their adapters. On the Windows operating system, for example, adapters generally have their own graphic user interface (GUI) accessible from the Start Menu or taskbar after the hardware is installed. Here's where you set the network name (SSID) and turn on WEP. You can also set a few other parameters as described in the next section. Remember, all of your wireless adapters must use the same parameter settings for your WLAN to function properly.

[Snake08]

If you are using Ubuntu. Your wireless adapter is installed and Ubuntu detects it then its very easy to configure wireless adapter with bash. The commands you need for this are ifconfig and iwconfig:

ifconfig "network_interface" up (activate the interface)
iwlist "network_interface" scan (scan for available networks)
iwconfig "network_interface" essid "essid_of_your network" (the essid is the name of the network)

Now if you get your ip and everything via dhcp just:

dhclient "network_interface"

If you want static settings then:

ifconfig "network_interface" "ip_address" netmask "netmask"
route add default gw "gateway"