Hi,

I'm running XUbuntu 7.04 (i.e. the "light" version of Dapper Drake).

What I would like to be able to do is to configure my ath0 (wireless)
interface from the command line, so that I can
- Set a static IP address (and network parameters)
- Specify the network, including the *WPA* password
- Bring up the interface (such that I can successfully ping any
machine on the Internet)

Actually, I just want to do that stuff full-stop; but since I can't
seem to do it via the supplied GUI tools (and since I'm doing this for
learning purposes), I think it makes more sense to learn how to do it
properly, in as general (and distro-independent) a way as possible.

My card is a D-Link DWL-AG650 (tri-band A/B/G, Atheros-based).

I can successfully connect to my wireless router using the Ubuntu "nm-
applet", but this only seems to allow DHCP (and appears to be quite
limited). The Ubuntu Wireless Assistant ("wlassistant") doesn't appear
to support WPA/WPA2.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

- Triffid