Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2005 20:06 schrieb Freddie Cash: > Interesting. What's the iwpriv command? It's not present on my unstable > system. But, then, I don't use any of the wireless tools, so it's > probably part of that package. :)
Yes, it is part of that package. Description from man page: iwpriv - configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless network interface > I prefer the wpa_supplicant approach, as I can then treat my wireless and > wired interfaces the same, using the same ifconfig/dhclient commands. I also treat them the same! Of course you can use ifconfig/dhclient to configure your network interfaces, but a better (?) approach is to specify all your network settings in /etc/network/interfaces and then use "ifup" and "ifdown" to bring your devices up and down. This is, what the standard Debian network tools do. > Don't have to worry about any iwpriv commands, setting the ssid, keys, > etc. I don't either, they are just in the conf file (and furthermore: not another conf file, but the normal networking one). > And wpa_supplicant.conf supports multiple network configs (mine > currently has 5 networks in there, so I can connect to the library, > coffee shops, home, or office wireless networks without any extra work), > where it will connect to the first AP that matches one of the network > blocks (with a user priority setting if there are multiple matches). I am pretty sure, that this is possible, although I am not using it. If you don't know ifup, ifdown and the network configuration file /etc/network/interfaces, I recommend looking at "man interfaces", it simplifies a lot and is quite standard (on Linux anyways). > TMTOWTDI, I guess. :) > > The really nice thing about wpa_supplicant, is that I get all the benfits > of the bazillion different wireless profile managers out there, but with > full WEP and WPA support (haven't found any that support WPA), and only a > single text file to edit (no GUI needed). :) And it's portable across > Linux and FreeBSD, which is a major boon to me, being a FreeBSD user at > heart and at home (I only use Debian because of work). Plus, it works > with any WPA-enabled NIC. Yes, I am not saying it is bad. But the poster asked about non-wpa_supplicant ways of doing this, if the wireless card supports it. I am not sure at all, that "my" procedure works for any card. I just like it better like that and it works for me :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
