From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 07:41:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDBF616A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:41:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from fulcrum.mig-29.net (dsl-200-78-45-46.prod-infinitum.com.mx [200.78.45.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58E0F43D77 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:40:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mig@mig-29.net) Received: from fulcrum.mig-29.net (localhost.mig-29.net [127.0.0.1]) by fulcrum.mig-29.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i0KFd9sk000370; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:39:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mig@fulcrum.mig-29.net) Received: (from mig@localhost) by fulcrum.mig-29.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id i0KFd8fZ000369; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:39:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mig) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:39:08 -0600 From: Manuel Rabade Garcia To: Jesse Guardiani , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040120153908.GA323@fulcrum.mig-29.ent> References: <20040119075122.GA22187@lara.unibe.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040119075122.GA22187@lara.unibe.ch> X-GPG-Key: http://mig-29.net/mig.gpg X-GPG-Fingerprint: D2E5 76E1 CE2D 8783 545D 1F41 399B 5765 AA33 25C0 X-URL: http://mig-29.net/ X-MOBILE: (+52 55) 13 99 27 87 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Subject: Re: managing multiple wireless SSIDs (summary discussion) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:41:25 -0000 Tobias Roth, who happens to be smarter than you, thinks: > [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: > > 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 > > 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. > Nice :), since i see your patches i want to install -current on my laptop ant test them, now with 5.2 it's time :) -- Leela: Hey, you know what might be a hoot? Professor: No. Why would I know that?