how to auto-change wireless settings

[kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com]

On Monday 02 May 2005 09:54, David Cary Hart wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 09:45 -0600, kevin.kempter at dataintellect.com
>
> wrote:
> > All;
> >
> > I routinely connect to several wireless networks. Here's the steps I take
> > today:
> > 1) I run "iwlist eth1 scanning"
> > This gives me the settings for the wireless channels around me (I really
> > only need the channel)
> >
> > 2) I go to Kmenu-->System Settings-->Network
> > I input the root password when prompted then I select the wireless device
> > (eth1) and I change the wireless channel to the channel I want. Then I
> > save the changes and "activate" the wireless interface
> >
> > This works fine however I'm thinking there has to be a better way. I have
> > the wireless settings set to "Auto" for the SSID but I always have to
> > change the channel.
> >
> > Is there a way to either tell the wireless to just search for a local
> > wireless AND use the settings it finds
> > or - is there a command line method I can use to change the channel. I've
> > run iwconfig like this "iwconfig eth1 channel 6" but it doesn't work.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
>
> How about profiles?
>
> "system-config-network-cmd --profile Wireless1 --activate"
> "system-config-network-cmd --profile Wireless2 --activate"
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How do I setup the profiles?