On Nov 13, 3:50 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:08:01AM -0800, ispmarin wrote: > > Hello all. > > > I´ve just installed debian lenny (amd64) on my macbook, and since this > > is my first time as a notebook user, I would like to hear your ways to > > control connectivity. I have two different ethernet connections, home > > and work, each with different IPs. I also have a wireless connection > > at work, and would like also to connect to different wireless > > connections (airports, etc). At work, if the ethernet connection is > > plugged, wireless should be disabled; if it´s not, wireless should be > > used. At home, the same. If ethernet is not connected, and I am not at > > home or work, I should be able to search for other (encrypted or not) > > wireless connections. > > the wireless part is (remarkably) fairly easy to work out. I use a > 'mapping' interface stanza in my /etc/network/interfaces that hooks to > a simple script. This script greps through an 'iwlist <interface> > scan' call looking for particular strings. the script then sets the > iwconfig parameters based on those results, changes some symlinks for > /etc/hosts and /etc/apt/sources.list and then echoes out an > appropriate string to return to the 'mapping' so that the right > address gets assigned. > > If you want to disable wireless on wired connection, I'm not > sure. Look at ifplugd perhaps and find a way to determine what its > doing with the wired interface and then up or down the wireless > appropriately. And for good battery life, kill the wireless altogther > when you're not using it. > > A > > signature.asc > 1KDownload
Can you post the script that script? Thanks
