Re: WIFI in Opie

On 8/15/06, Scrivens, Walt <WScrivens-Rnp/9g6c3c9Afp4/[email protected]> wrote:
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> I'm constantly moving from one WLAN to another, and having to manually
> re-configure the settings in the Network GUI is annoying.
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> I decided to try creating a script file for each network I use, but can't
> seem to get them working.  Here's a sample:
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> Ifdown wlan0
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> Iwconfig wlan0 essid work
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> Iwconfig wlan0 key 0102030405
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> Ifup wlan0
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> For some reason the key parameter works, but the essid doesn't.  I have
> tried enclosing it in single and double quotes, and expressing it in hex.
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> Iwconfig wlan0
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> Shows the new key information but the old essid.  Worse, when I go back to
> the GUI and look at it, NOTHING has changed!  I also tried putting both
> parameters on the same iwconfig command line, but that gave an error message
> about the key parameter being invalid.
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The GUI reads from /etc/network/interfaces.

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> I'm running Open Zaurus 3.5.4.1 (Akita)
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> Help would be appreciated!
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I suggest checking out wpa-supplicant.

-- 
Justin Patrin

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