From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 20:12:23 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 ACA0216A41C for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:12:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8761B43D1F for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:12:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5GKCHAA014567; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:12:17 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j5GKCHB6014566; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:12:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:12:17 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20050616201217.GB13900@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050616173721.GA26921@thought.org> <20050616174928.5648B5D07@ptavv.es.net> <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DBIVS5p969aUjpLe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: 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 20:12:23 -0000 --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:21:29PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > 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 > > >=20 > > > My orig ^Subject line prob'ly should have read:=20 > > > "Can I just plug in a wifi card (and pull out my wired)?" > > >=20 > > > I'm assuming that my Intel 10-100 card is unplugged and=20 > > > that I have a wifi (say, AR5211) inserted; will I be able > > > to use my 600E at the library or Starbucks (or other=20 > > > hotspots)? In other words, will a wireless DHCP=20 > > > configuration *work*? If so, then it makes sense to > > > take my ThinkPad along when I go out. =20 > > >=20 > > > gary > >=20 > >=20 > > A much simpler question. The answer is "yes" with some caveats. > >=20 > > 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". > >=20 > > 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". >=20 >=20 > Once I'm out and reboot with the wifi card in=20 > place, where do I put the above lines? Where is > /etc/start_if.wi0 called from? =20 It's called from /etc/rc.d/netif and /etc/pccard_ether. The suggested step should be unnecessicary (if it's necessicary it's a bug). -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCsd0gXY6L6fI4GtQRAsVrAJ94IJLT2sSXY/B7+hiADD6wtEqQigCdFExg wELTrZEmBFX57F7XOOabzsw= =F7av -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe--