On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:30:11 +0100, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > Thank you for your reply. > > I do not quite understand. First of all, am I right in saying that the > "auto eth0" line means that eth0 (wired, I presume) is the one that > the laptop tries to log on to first? Also, what exactly is the generic > syntax for the other wireless ones? > > Thirdly, is there a program that tells which networks are in range > from which you can log onto one, supplying a password, if necessary? > An example is the Windows XP program. Is there a GNU/Linxu equivalent? > > -- > Leonid
Hi- Sorry for not making my method completely clear. The eth0 line on my laptop is a 3com wired card which may or not be used; but most often is not used or wired up. I tend to be wireless 90% of the time these days. If I am not wireless, I just do a dhclient eth0 and get a IP address on the wired interface. My wifi card does not use ethx; but instead uses ra0 (common for the raylink cards) so the lines in the /etc/network/interfaces focus on different wifi networks I may want to use and I switch on by a simple command line syntax (ifup ra0=xxx). If I want to see some wifi networks which are in range that I may not know about it, I simply do a iwlist scanning and the wireless tools scan for local wifi networks and it will tell you whether its WEP/security controlled or what. If I am at a place I normally do not use, like a hotel, I just use the command line syntax to get online like: sudo iwconfig ra0 essid nameofessid key off dhclient ra0 This basically sets up wifi for me at a hotel which may have a redirect in place or requires some login on a webpage but gives me a IP initially and populates my /etc/resolv.conf with correct values. The other wireless cards use generic /etc/network/interface commands to bring up a variety of wifi interfaces with their associated essid information and/or keys. I give each one a name on the line that will help me remember what it is. My appraoch does not do WPA since none of the places I go use it. IF you need that, I'm not the person to ask. I have used the same thing with many cardbus cards and I did the same with the older orinoco classic 11b cards but in a slightly different place like the /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file I believe. There are other ways of doing this with deb packages like ifplugd I believe or waproamd. I have not used those since my way is pretty much driven from a xterm and a few lines. -- Michael Perry | Do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
