Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:31:53 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can I use wireless & wired cards together? Message-ID: <20050616203153.D6CF15D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:21:29 PDT." <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org>
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:21:29 -0700 > From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> > > 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? The /etc/start_if.* files are called pccard_ether which is called from devd. It should run automatically when a card in inserted or when detected at boot time. I have the following in the start_if.wi0 in my default profile: ifconfig wi0 ssid "" wepmode off In my home profile I have: ifconfig wi0 ssid "jt843kf" wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x1234567890 (My home system runs WEP and does not broadcast a beacon.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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