Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:23:54 -0700 From: BSD baby <bsdlap@hitmedia.com> To: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do you switch between wireless networks? Message-ID: <20040416172354.GA751@mail.hitmedia.com> In-Reply-To: <407FE506.3090405@elvandar.org> References: <20040416133326.GA80435@mail.hitmedia.com> <407FE506.3090405@elvandar.org>
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> >I just got my wireless connection working with a new PCMCIA card. > >But I'm still naming the wireless network in my rc.conf file. (DHCP > >connection) > >But as I go to join other wireless DHCP networks around the world, > >what's the best way to switch to that network without rebooting to do it > >from rc.conf? > > ifconfig <interface> ssid <ssidofwirelessnetwork> <ip> netmask <netmask> > should do that trick without rebooting. What I couldn't find in the handbook was how to do this for DHCP? If I don't know the IP or netmask, and want to let the DHCP server decide, how to I tell that to ifconfig?
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