On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 15:26:56 -0500, Roy Morris proclaimed...
> What's the best way to switch between say three static ip locations
> and one dhcp? I could write a quick script that changes them unless
> I am missing something obvious? If a script is the answer then when
> is the best time to run it?
Something like this:
#!/bin/sh
#; Connect to whatever wlan we're near
#; $Id: etc_rc.wlan,v 1.1 2004/11/03 03:27:57 eric Exp $
PATH="/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin"
DATE="`date`"
PFRULES="/etc/pf.conf.wlan"
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo ""
echo "rc.wlan: need argument"
echo "usage: rc.wlan <wlan id>"
echo ""
exit 2
fi
if [ ! -f "$PFRULES" ]; then
echo " ! $PFRULES not found, exiting."
echo "done."
echo ""
fi
echo ""
echo "$DATE: $0"
echo "* Connecting to $1..."
case $1 in
home | washington )
wicontrol -p 1 -e 1 -T 1 -f 8 -n washington )
-k 0xf00f00f00f00f00f00f00f00f0
;;
# hilton, castle hill, budapest, 2004
hilton )
wicontrol -e 0 -p 1 -n WIERA
;;
# hotel dubrovnik, zagreb, croatia, 2004
zagreb )
wicontrol -e 0 -p 1 -n ZNET-Papirus
;;
# more can be added as needed....
kill | stop | down )
ifconfig wi0 down
route delete default
ifconfig wi0 delete
echo "Safe to pop out network card now."
exit 0
;;
* )
echo "! Unrecognized network name, exiting."
echo "done."
echo ""
exit 2
;;
esac
echo "* Getting an IP address with dhclient..."
dhclient wi0
echo "* Adding security filters..."
pfctl -d -F all ;
pfctl -f $PFRULES -e
echo "done."
echo ""
exit 0
