wireless access point

[Rick Sivernell]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:00:52 -0800
Condon Thomas A KPWA <tcondon at kpt.nuwc.navy.mil> wrote:

> 
> Rick,
> 
> > too. Now David did
> > say how to set iwconfig wlan0 with key. The problem I have is 
> > this laptop travels
> > to differnt sites. I need it to go online no matter where I 
> > am. As always David
> > has good help for all of us, & I do appreciate it David.
> 
> The Gentoo list had some info last spring/summer about how to set up your
> boot options to boot into different locations (on a given net, dial up
> access, or no network connections).  I implemented it on a laptop that is no
> longer in my possession, so I can't easily check how, but it involved using
> an argument in the boot loader to select the network setup in the
> /etc/init.d/network file and thereby set up for location when you boot.
> Your boot options might then look like:
> 
> Linux2.24 Home_net
> Linux2.24 Work_net
> Linux2.24 Travel
> Linux2.20 Safe
> 
> 
> Try searching their archives.
> 
> 
> In Harmony's Way and In A Chord,
> 
> Tom  ;-})
> 
> Tom Condon
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Tom

   I will do that search today, sounds just what I need.

cheers
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Rick Sivernell
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