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Re: [SLE] Wireless Internet at public hotspots -- update
- From: James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 07:32:04 -0400
- Message-id: <429EEE34.7060206@xxxxxxxxxx>
David McMillan wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
>> David McMillan wrote:
>>
>>> Recap: Laptop running 9.1Pro with a Cisco Aironet 350 card. Worked
>>> fine for home WLAN, but would not work with public hotspots
>>> (particularly, tmobile).
>>
>>
>> What I have done, is create different wifi config files and then just
>> copy the appropriate one, to the wlan file. Then simply restart the
>> interface.
>
> Which files would those be, exactly? (Man, I wish I knew this
> stuff...) I went poking around, and found /etc/wlan/wlan.conf, which
> looked promising, but its contents don't resemble my settings. The
> script idea certainly sounds cool.
There's a config file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-<mac
address>, which contains the info. Configure the card and copy the file
to another directory. You can create multiple versions, for different
networks.
> James Knott wrote:
>> David McMillan wrote:
>>
>>> Recap: Laptop running 9.1Pro with a Cisco Aironet 350 card. Worked
>>> fine for home WLAN, but would not work with public hotspots
>>> (particularly, tmobile).
>>
>>
>> What I have done, is create different wifi config files and then just
>> copy the appropriate one, to the wlan file. Then simply restart the
>> interface.
>
> Which files would those be, exactly? (Man, I wish I knew this
> stuff...) I went poking around, and found /etc/wlan/wlan.conf, which
> looked promising, but its contents don't resemble my settings. The
> script idea certainly sounds cool.
There's a config file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-<mac
address>, which contains the info. Configure the card and copy the file
to another directory. You can create multiple versions, for different
networks.
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