From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 09:34:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E04816A418 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:34:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2EB13C4EA for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([193.31.10.34]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:25:03 +0100 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m189MnS0003666; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:22:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:22:49 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: kiffin.gish@planet.nl Message-ID: <20080208092249.GA3487@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Feb 2008 09:25:03.0275 (UTC) FILETIME=[7C1677B0:01C86A34] Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatically reconnecting after wireless connection dropped ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:34:57 -0000 El día Friday, February 08, 2008 a las 09:49:31AM +0100, kiffin.gish@planet.nl escribió: > Hi there. > > I'd like to have my laptop reconnect automatically to my home network whenever the line is dropped for some reason or other. I currently have a script that does this for me, but I have to manually run it from the command line. > > A nice feature of other linux systems is the nm-applet which keeps watch and does it automatically for you, however I cannot seem to find an equivalent utility in the FreeBSD ports. > > Is there a standard way of doing this with the wi driver? I'm running wpa_supplicant for my different Wifi areas (i.e. for WPA and also for WEP networks) and, for example, if I toggle the power of the AP my laptop reconnects without any kind of problem. > -- > Kiffin Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands Yes, please send me some Gouda. And please cut your lines around column 72. Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ Don't top-post, read RFC1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html