Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:39:08 -0600 From: Manuel Rabade Garcia <mig@mig-29.net> To: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: managing multiple wireless SSIDs (summary discussion) Message-ID: <20040120153908.GA323@fulcrum.mig-29.ent> In-Reply-To: <20040119075122.GA22187@lara.unibe.ch> References: <bu938l$fdo$1@sea.gmane.org> <20040119075122.GA22187@lara.unibe.ch>
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Tobias Roth, who happens to be smarter than you, thinks: > [shortened quote] > > > I recently asked this list how I could automatically detect and > > initialize my wireless interface based on any available SSIDs. > > > > I received three responses for the three different "solutions" > > listed below: > > > > rcng patch for "autoconf at boot" > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-November/002284.html > > just to clear things up a bit: > > <shameless selfpromotion> what profile.diff does is detect the network > at boot or resume, whether wireless or ethernet, and configures the whole > system (not just network, everything: proxy, nfs mounts/, firewall, ...) > according to where the laptop is located. it also seamlessly integrates into > rcng and is easily removed as well </shameless selfpromotion> > > since i did not receive much feedback back in november when i sent the > patch to -current and -mobile, i will try again now that 5.2 is out and > everyone has some more time. this will be in three weeks or so, i first > have to make the patch acpi compliant. > Nice :), since i see your patches i want to install -current on my laptop ant test them, now with 5.2 it's time :) -- Leela: Hey, you know what might be a hoot? Professor: No. Why would I know that?
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