On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:00:33 +0200, Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > H.S. wrote: > >Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > >>Hi > >> > >>I'm successfully using guessnet to use a specific wired network > >>configuration by using specific tests. > >> > >>I'd like to do the same for wireless network; guessnet says that it > >>supports waproamd, but waproamd says it is obsolete and suggests to > >>use wpa-supplicant instead... > >> > >>does anyone have an example configuration for using the right wireless > >>network according to some tests (detect the presence of a specific > >>access point, etc.)? > >> > >>thanks in advance > >> Lorenzo > >> > > > >In my wife's Inspiron 5160 Dell laptop (has Broadcom 1350 wireless mini > >pci card, iirc), the bcm43xx module works perfectly. The laptop is > >running ubuntu, btw. I just have to go to System->Networking GUI (also > >obtained by network-admin command) and I just select a 'location' and > >configure my interfaces. e.g., I have set up her university wireless > >connection and also her home wireless connection. She just needs to > >start that GUI to change the ssid and her wireless cards works pretty > >nicely. She is using WEP btw, not wpa. I don't think her laptop has > >guessnet installed. I know wap-supplicant is not installed (I think you > >need this only for wpa). > > Actually I have no problem in starting the wireless connection > manually... what I'd want is the connection to start up automatically > according to the access point detected (just like I did with guessnet > for wired connections)...
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/312 -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
