From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 06:40:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D48616A57B for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:40:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B292943CA6 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:40:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from liam.billschoolcraft.com ([71.141.72.46]) by typhoon.he.net for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:40:12 -0800 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:40:12 -0800 (PST) From: Bill-Schoolcraft X-X-Sender: bill@liam.billschoolcraft.com To: Jonathan Horne In-Reply-To: <200612170002.11022.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Message-ID: References: <200612170002.11022.freebsd@dfwlp.com> System-ID: [en] (Athlon i686 GNU/Linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i finally got wireless working 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: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:40:22 -0000 At Sun, 17 Dec 2006 it looks like Jonathan Horne composed: > well, a day well spent, i finally sat down to get the intel 2200 wireless on > my ibm t42 working. i have sucessfully configured it to attach to my WPA > encrypted wifi on bootup. everything is otherwise working to my > satisfaction. > > now, my questions are: > > 1) how can i set up to access more than just my wireless network? can this be > done at the command line, without rewriting my if_iwi line(s) in rc.conf? > 2) can wireless configuration be set to automatically attach to preferred > networks first, then possibly any available open if preferred not available? > > thanks, > jonathan Good work Jonathan, As usual with fellow FreeBSD users, any information about how you got past your problem is stuff Unix folks like me love to hear. I actually save success stories like yours to help me out with wireless issues. I can only speak for myself but I'd love to hear how ya did it. -- Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing." -- Redd Foxx