John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 05:57:20PM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: >>> Every time I have made a modification via iwconfig, it took place >>> *immediately*. What, exactly, are you doing? >> For example... >> >> Switching SSIDs, > > # iwconfig $INTERFACE essid any > # iwconfig $INTERFACE essid NETGEAR > > Changes take place *instantly*. Run a dhclient right after that. > >> switching from WEP to non-WEP, > > # iwconfig $INTERFACE key off > >> switching from non-WEP to WEP.... > > # iwconfig $INTERFACE key $KEY > >> all of these require tweaking /etc/network/interfaces and then doing >> /etc/init.d/networking restart and/or rebooting. > > None of them do. You can use iwconfig directly. Once you get your > settings down, then put them into your interfaces file.
Hey, jhriv, this discussion is very close to what I've been _pining_ for. For wired interfaces, I feel I sorta-mastered the commandline sequence some time ago, so that I can use ifconfig, route (and edit /etc/resolv.conf) to solve a lot of problems without using scripts. I admit to not having dhclient commands down, yet -- though I can look at them in ps, copy the command args, and kill old dhclients when they seem to get in the way. Now, for wireless, I have _some_ acquaintance with iwconfig, but not enough to do everything via commandline, so I often find myself puzzled in the same way as CS, in this thread. I am convinced the start/stop scripts sometimes are the cause of problems in the sense that they cannot recover from stupid-user-tricks. So, boy-o-boy, I would be your friend forever if you could actually show (some) recipes for the complete commandline sequence for wireless setup/shutdown -- including dhclient and wep_supplicant (as req'd), ..pleeeease. Aside: I have seen problems caused by (fixed by killing) previously started dhclient (and wep_supplicant?) and maybe(??) dhcpdb. Could be that's biting CS and that's what gets fixed eventually (timeout) or on reboot .. hmm? > >> When this is done, DHCP server search/connection attempts fail and >> fail over and over for a long time. >> >> then....after like the 10th reboot and/or /etc/init.d/networking restart >> it starts working with the new hotspot!?!??! > > Sounds more like hotspot issues vice host issues. What type of Access > Point are you trying to connect to? What does iwspy(8) tell you? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
