From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 15:23:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6960716A421 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:23:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (cl-162.ewr-01.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4830:1200:a1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E57C313C455 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:23:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m18FNP1Y043737; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:23:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id m18FNP1Q043736; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:23:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:23:25 -0600 From: Brooks Davis To: kiffin.gish@planet.nl Message-ID: <20080208152325.GB35423@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:23:26 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatically reconnecting after wireless connection dropped ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:23:27 -0000 --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 09:49:31AM +0100, kiffin.gish@planet.nl wrote: > Hi there. > > I'd like to have my laptop reconnect automatically to my home network > whenever the line is dropped for some reason or other. I currently > have a script that does this for me, but I have to manually run it > from the command line. > > A nice feature of other linux systems is the nm-applet which keeps > watch and does it automatically for you, however I cannot seem to find > an equivalent utility in the FreeBSD ports. > > Is there a standard way of doing this with the wi driver? It should happen automatically. It's quite possible that wi is busted though. -- Brooks --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHrHPtXY6L6fI4GtQRAhm8AJ973TzvUtz/0My0lUYfe9emE6+C3QCfW2pp /u3s1xxqWkxsenMij29mHd8= =GY/R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO--