Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:47:34 -0700 From: James Earl <james@icionline.ca> To: Marcin Jessa <list@yazzy.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up FreeBSD wireless for sales person Message-ID: <c6bf2550511300747w275c0c81m6f13fb330ecd9199@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <89B1DB7C-3B9D-4D70-8090-C0FBE44A7524@yazzy.org> References: <c6bf2550511251106n36464455k327fc8425db086e2@mail.gmail.com> <438C05FB.8040807@roq.com> <c6bf2550511290805n79878799n568dfd10ef25e50a@mail.gmail.com> <89B1DB7C-3B9D-4D70-8090-C0FBE44A7524@yazzy.org>
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On 11/29/05, Marcin Jessa <list@yazzy.org> wrote: > > On 29. nov. 2005, at 17.05, James Earl wrote: > > > Hi Mike, > > > > Thanks, everything worked pretty good! I didn't have alot of time > > before I had to give the notebook back, but I should have an > > opportunity to work on it over time. Just for the record, here's what > > I ended up doing: > > > > I used the nicmond port to monitor the xl0 interface, which allowed me > > to unplug one device, and plug in the other without any problems. I > > created a link on the GNOME desktop to the start_if.ath0 file and > > provided a number of commented examples. GNOME had a pretty good > > network monitor applet (with minimal config capability) which showed > > the connection strength of the ath0 device and gave some good visual > > feedback. > > > > The only improvements that I'd like to look into further, which might > > make this setup easier for someone who doesn't know much about > > computers are: > > > > - A GUI configuration tool (which may happen as apps get ported to > > FreeBSD) > > This is what we intend to include in www.desktopbsd.net > > > - No waiting at boot-up for dhclient to timeout > Having ifconfig_xy=3D"DHCP NOAUTO" should fix it afair. > > > > - And the handling of situations where both devices are active > > (perhaps give one device a higher priority than the other?) > > Search the archives, I think it was already discussed before. > > Cheers, > Marcin. Thanks for the tips! I hadn't thought of checking out DesktopBSD.=20 I'll have to give it a try.
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