Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:42:01 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: managing multiple wireless SSIDs (summary discussion) Message-ID: <400BFAC9.8000701@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040119075122.GA22187@lara.unibe.ch> References: <bu938l$fdo$1@sea.gmane.org> <20040119075122.GA22187@lara.unibe.ch>
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Tobias Roth wrote: >[shortened quote] > > > >>I recently asked this list how I could automatically detect and >>initialize my wireless interface based on any available SSIDs. >> >>I received three responses for the three different "solutions" >>listed below: >> >>rcng patch for "autoconf at boot" >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-November/002284.html >> >> > >just to clear things up a bit: > ><shameless selfpromotion> what profile.diff does is detect the network >at boot or resume, whether wireless or ethernet, and configures the whole >system (not just network, everything: proxy, nfs mounts/, firewall, ...) >according to where the laptop is located. it also seamlessly integrates into >rcng and is easily removed as well </shameless selfpromotion> > >since i did not receive much feedback back in november when i sent the >patch to -current and -mobile, i will try again now that 5.2 is out and >everyone has some more time. this will be in three weeks or so, i first >have to make the patch acpi compliant. > Sounds cool - I'll help beta test once you've got your changes in.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology All generalizations are false, including this one. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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