Re: different nwkeys for wifi

I use the following perl script below. I saved it in /etc/rc.wireless and apply the following patch: --- netstartFri Jul 8 15:34:09 2011 +++ /etc/netstart Sun Jul 10 11:43:20 2011 @@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ ip6kernel=NO fi +#wifi +/etc/rc.wireless # Configure all the non-loopback i

Re: different nwkeys for wifi

> Scenario: I am moving my laptop between different wifi networks > (obviously). Some of these networks are encrypted with WEP, using > various nwkeys. > > What would be an elegant way to remember the various networks' settings > and choose the one I am connecting to at netstart(8) time? Before I s

Re: different nwkeys for wifi

I use a simple AWK script which parses the available networks as returned by ifconfig wpi0 scan and selects the first known one it finds. It then creates an /etc/hostname.wpi0 for that network and runs /etc/netstart wpi0. I attached it for reference, though I think it's extremely easy to rebuild fr

different nwkeys for wifi

Scenario: I am moving my laptop between different wifi networks (obviously). Some of these networks are encrypted with WEP, using various nwkeys. What would be an elegant way to remember the various networks' settings and choose the one I am connecting to at netstart(8) time? Before I start symlin