Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:12:17 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can I use wireless & wired cards together? Message-ID: <20050616201217.GB13900@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org> References: <20050616173721.GA26921@thought.org> <20050616174928.5648B5D07@ptavv.es.net> <20050616192129.GA27275@thought.org>
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--DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:21:29PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:49:28AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:37:21 -0700 > > > From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > >=20 > > > My orig ^Subject line prob'ly should have read:=20 > > > "Can I just plug in a wifi card (and pull out my wired)?" > > >=20 > > > I'm assuming that my Intel 10-100 card is unplugged and=20 > > > that I have a wifi (say, AR5211) inserted; will I be able > > > to use my 600E at the library or Starbucks (or other=20 > > > hotspots)? In other words, will a wireless DHCP=20 > > > configuration *work*? If so, then it makes sense to > > > take my ThinkPad along when I go out. =20 > > >=20 > > > gary > >=20 > >=20 > > A much simpler question. The answer is "yes" with some caveats. > >=20 > > It assumes that the AP is transmitting a beacon (which a public system > > will) and no WEP. If this is the case, it should "just work". > >=20 > > You can probably just (as root) issue 'dhclient wi0' and it should do > > the trick. You probably want to be sure that your /etc/start_if.wi0 sets > > the ssid to "" and wepmode to "off". >=20 >=20 > Once I'm out <wherever> and reboot with the wifi card in=20 > place, where do I put the above lines? Where is > /etc/start_if.wi0 called from? =20 It's called from /etc/rc.d/netif and /etc/pccard_ether. The suggested step should be unnecessicary (if it's necessicary it's a bug). -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCsd0gXY6L6fI4GtQRAsVrAJ94IJLT2sSXY/B7+hiADD6wtEqQigCdFExg wELTrZEmBFX57F7XOOabzsw= =F7av -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe--
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