From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 19:17:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D5716A41C for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:17:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665AC43D48 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:17:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5GJLUdl027323; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:21:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j5GJLToW027322; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:21:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:21:29 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org> References: <20050616173721.GA26921@thought.org> <20050616174928.5648B5D07@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050616174928.5648B5D07@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18++ years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List Subject: Re: can I use wireless & wired cards together? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:17:41 -0000 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 > > 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 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