Make sure to have only one “auto” interface, as it will be the main one
If you have “auto eth0” as well, then once “eth0” is unplugged “eth1” will be also unreachable

edit network interfaces configuration:

vi /etc/network/interfaces

here is what to put in:

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid YourESSIDName
wireless-channel 10
wireless-key ##########################

to make it get a static IP, do this instead of the above:

 
# The primary network interface
# connect to wirless network on startup
auto eth1
 
# eth1 Interface
iface eth1 inet static
address  10.7.1.99
netmask  255.255.255.0
network  10.7.1.0
broadcast 10.7.1.255
gateway  10.7.1.1
wireless-essid YourESSIDName
wireless-channel 10
wireless-key ##########################

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