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Date:      Thu, 01 Jan 2004 11:22:01 -0500
From:      Dan Pelleg <daniel@pelleg.org>
To:        Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WEP and DHCP
Message-ID:  <u2swu8b7i6u.fsf@pelleg.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040101033430.H91700@skutsje.san.webweaving.org> (Dirk-Willem van Gulik's message of "Thu, 1 Jan 2004 03:35:19 -0800 (PST)")
References:  <200312141022.44320.racerx@makeworld.com> <E1AVZ9Z-000OlW-VG@ran.psg.com> <20040101033430.H91700@skutsje.san.webweaving.org>

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Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> writes:

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Randy Bush wrote:
>
>> interface "wi0" {
>>     send dhcp-client-identifier "foo.bar.baz";
>>     media "nwid 'my-home'  nwkey myWEPkeysilly";   # home
>>     media "nwid 'tmobile' -nwkey";                 # staryuchhs
>>     media "nwid 'nanog42' -nwkey";                 # nanog
>>     media "nwid ''        -nwkey";                 # open
>>     }
>>
>> so it cycles through them trying each in turn.
> ..
>> otoh, if you meant acquiring the wep key via dhcp, how did you
>
> actually -is- there a clever way to not let the keys cycle and be flashed
> each in turn as above; but to pick the right one absed on some dhcp value
> (say network name, etc) ?
>

You can choose on the MAC address of the AP. In fact I am in possession of
a script to do exactly that (can also decide based on SSID). I don't
believe I'm supposed to distribute it further, but email me privately if
you want it and I'll see if the author is ok with that.

-- 

  Dan Pelleg



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