Where to put my wireless configuration commands?

Question

Hi,
I figured out that to load my wireless card I need:
modprobe rt61
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid ...
iwpriv wlan0 set ...
iwpriv wlan0 set ...
dhcpcd wlan0
Now I wonder what is the best way to save these commands (in some form) in the boot up process or the network loader?
Where shall I put them or what to change in configuration files to make it work?
Anton

Answer 1

If it wasn't for those iwpriv commands, you could use the standard Arch network config. With them, however, you'll need to do something a bit hackier. Are you sure the modprobe is required? Udev should detect the device, and autoload the module.
That aside, you can either put the commands in /etc/rc.local, or you can write a custom wifi init script in /etc/rc.d/ and run it from the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf. Here's one I used (briefly) with the legacy rt73 usb driver - static instead of dhcp, but you get the idea.
Now that the question is answered, I would strongly recommend that you try the rt2x00-cvs driver in the unstable repo. I'm now using it with the same Ralink-based USB device, and it's going well - no iwpriv awkwardness, just a nice clean network profile or two.