Wireless profiles.

[Anthony Best]

Renato Ricardo de Abreu wrote:

>hi,
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> You have to put your configuration in
>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethN file, it must look like :
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>DEVICE=ethN
>BOOTPROTO=static
>IPADDR=192.168.0.2
>NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
>ESSID=YOUR_ESSID
>KEY="s:YOUR_KEY"
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>[]s Renato
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... doesn't answer my question, or are you saying that I have to remove 
the other options to have multiple profiles? Or that I need to use 
ifcfg-eth1 instead of keys-eth1, after changing the perms of ifcfg1. If 
I don't use neat I still have to copy a few files.

The quickwich seems to work although I found the config to be too 
complex, and doesn't work with the existing 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/ files/directorys.

What I need is a simple way of switching wireless networks quickly with 
out requiring root password (eg, USERCTL). Someone else who seems to 
have this same issue: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/24364

I think the solution for me is to write my own gnome applet.

Ultimately, on boot it should detect which network is present and switch 
to that profile (the whole point to the SSID), secondarily you should be 
able to switch to another profile via a gnome applet (or equivalent for 
KDE, etc).


>>Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I've been unable to get my wireless
>>card to work with a profile for WEP, without WEP, and a profile with an
>>SSID.
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>>I'm using neat, when I change the profile nothing seems to happen. I
>>have to uncheck eth1WEP, check eth1 and activate eth1. Is there a
>>simpler way of doing this, and even better a way do do this without
>>entering the root password. So far running a script from the command
>>line is easier.
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>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Anthony
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