Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:21:29 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can I use wireless & wired cards together? Message-ID: <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20050616174928.5648B5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <20050616173721.GA26921@thought.org> <20050616174928.5648B5D07@ptavv.es.net>
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:49:28AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:37:21 -0700 > > From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > My orig ^Subject line prob'ly should have read: > > "Can I just plug in a wifi card (and pull out my wired)?" > > > > I'm assuming that my Intel 10-100 card is unplugged and > > that I have a wifi (say, AR5211) inserted; will I be able > > to use my 600E at the library or Starbucks (or other > > hotspots)? In other words, will a wireless DHCP > > configuration *work*? If so, then it makes sense to > > take my ThinkPad along when I go out. > > > > gary > > > A much simpler question. The answer is "yes" with some caveats. > > It assumes that the AP is transmitting a beacon (which a public system > will) and no WEP. If this is the case, it should "just work". > > You can probably just (as root) issue 'dhclient wi0' and it should do > the trick. You probably want to be sure that your /etc/start_if.wi0 sets > the ssid to "" and wepmode to "off". Once I'm out <wherever> and reboot with the wifi card in place, where do I put the above lines? Where is /etc/start_if.wi0 called from? thanks, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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