On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:37:01AM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: > Hmm, shouldn't be too hard... let's see.... > > First, ifconfig up the interface (don't use ifup - you don't want all > the fancy config...). Then, use iwlist, and get a list of available > ESSID's to identify nearby networks. Based on some user-defined > heuristics, chose one of the networks that matches a list of available > and preconfigured WLAN configs (which then contains stuff like > encryption keys...). Use that as the backend script to ifup's 'mapping' > configuration (see man 5 interfaces).
Seems easy enough. I will try that. > PS That sounds good... I can use something like this :-) I only need to > find a way to ifup the non-auto eth0 interface when configuring WLAN > (auto eth1) fails... any ideas? What I have in mind is a daemon watching wlan and cable and using whatever is available based on heuristics and user-defined priorities. I have to look closer to ifplugd (and friends) that watch interfaces. Ideally a nice applet (area-notification) could provide info to the user and let him force the use of a given interface. Christophe -- Christophe Barb� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right. --Henry Ford
