Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:05:47 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> To: Sean Cavanaugh <millenia2000@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wireless network control Message-ID: <4B19416B.5090004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY126-W22B50926CD5C5658A0B975CA930@phx.gbl> References: <BAY126-W22B50926CD5C5658A0B975CA930@phx.gbl>
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Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > > I am just trying to find out if theres an easier way to do this. > > > currently to get wireless to work on my system, i have to clone the wireless interface to a wlan0 interface to actually do any real connections. My home network uses WPA2 encryption so i use the wpa-supplicant to set that up, but if i go out and about and hit free wifi spots, I have to add the info for them into the wpa-supplicant.conf file to get it to access it. > > keep in mind that ideally I use the latest gnome as my desktop. is there an easier tool to do this all with? I remember there was an issue with the gnome-network tool that it could not actually make any changes in freebsd, but i cannot find if that is still true or if it has been fixed. > > End goal, I am trying to get this set up to be equally as idiot-proof as most linux distros in case i have to hand this off to someone a bit less technically inclined. > > > sorry if this is a bit hard to read, i have ADHD so it someti..OHLOOKASQUIRREL > > -Sean _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > There was a person asking for a similar thing on this same list. I think the subject was something like "ifconfig - GUI interface". Have a search on the list's archive.
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