On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 09:04:23AM -0400, L. Mark Stone wrote: > I'm trying to get my arms around setting up ifplugd correctly for my > environment on an IBM R52 laptop with Intel wireless. > > The laptop previously dual-booted WinXP and SuSE 10.0 (KDE). I wiped > the WinXP partition to install 10.1 (Gnome). > > I have a need to connect to several wireless locations. In 10.0, I > used YaST and ifup/down to configure my connection settings because > Kinternet didn't handle WPA-PSK. It was suggested to me I use SCPM to > set up location profiles, similar to what IBM's Think Vantage > Connections applet does, but I confess I never got around to doing that. > > 10.1 came configured with ifplug, so I am looking for advice on the > best way to have fairly seamless connections. Here are the connection > scenarios: > > I. Office: > If I am sitting at my desk, I connect my laptop to the network via > Ethernet. If we move to conference room, we use wireless with WPA-PSK. > > II. Home: > Pretty much same as the office. If I sit at a desk with Ethernet, I > use it. Elsewhere, I use wireless with WPA-PSK (different ESSID and > passphrase than in the office). > > III. Client Sites and Internet Cafes > Typically no encryption. > > > Any suggestions how best to configure the laptop for these uses would > be appreciated.
For such cases of multiple profiles we have now NetworkManager... Works seamless for me. ;) Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
