From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 17:40:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825691065676 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:40:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C348FC0A for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nB4HeZPL054889; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:40:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 405FDBAAA; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:40:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:40:35 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Sean Cavanaugh Message-ID: <20091204174035.GA26429@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4B19416B.5090004@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B19416B.5090004@gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless network control X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:40:37 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 05:05:47PM +0000, Ricardo Jesus wrote: > Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > >=20 > > I am just trying to find out if theres an easier way to do this. > > =20 > > =20 > > currently to get wireless to work on my system, i have to clone the > > wireless interface to a wlan0 interface to actually do any real > > connections. My home network uses WPA2 encryption so i use the > > wpa-supplicant to set that up, but if i go out and about and hit free w= ifi > > spots, I have to add the info for them into the wpa-supplicant.conf file > > to get it to access it. > > =20 > > keep in mind that ideally I use the latest gnome as my desktop. is there > > an easier tool to do this all with? Have a look at http://opal.com/freebsd/ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr It is in ports; see /usr/ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksZSZMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXC4ACdGejIEPFT1Ox8tDEOAfjImk4W eX4An0N0I8kF5GqpmD+bd/XYR0UN6DXQ =fg3P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--