Dear Brett, Thank you. I don't think I tried _ifconfig urtwn0 ssid "" down_. I will try it next time I am in a similar situation. Sincerely, Xianwen
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:11 PM, Brett Lymn <bl...@internode.on.net> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 07:34:22AM -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote: > > > > I was reading this from the context of "oh you have to use the old WEP > > way" to connect to an open network using ifconfig. I remember doing > > this many years ago. > > > > I have no idea if stuff changed since then, but the ifconfig command > > still appears to support connecting to open networks and WEP > > networks... Just need to figure out what is happening in this case. > > > > I visited a hotel recently that had an "open" wireless network, the > wireless had no auth itself but they redirected you to an authentication > portal the first time you connected after which things Just Worked(tm) > for the rest of our stay. I did this to get connected: > > /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant stop (assuming you have that running) > ifconfig urtwn0 ssid "" down > dhclient urtwn0 > > Once I think I confused the wireless adaptor when messing around and I > had to unplug/plug it again (it is a usb adaptor so that was easy) but > most of the time it worked fine. > > -- > Brett Lymn > Let go, or be dragged - Zen proverb.
