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realshaft
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 Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject: wlan and changing locations [SOLVED] |
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Hi
I'm using wpa_supplicant to connect to my ap. If Im changing my position and would like to connect to another ap, i dont want to edit my /etc/conf.d/net or do the necessary changes manually with. So I read here
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4#doc_chap4
how i can automatically switch between (for example) dhcp and static ip (based on the essid or mac-address).
But what exactly have i to do to get this working? The "important" note doesnt help, the description is too short. Does anybody know where i get the information to write such "rules"?
thx in advance 
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dgaffuri
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What exactly is not clear in the guide? Please, describe what you're trying to do.
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magic919
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Section 9 seems to describe what you'd need.
| Quote: | config_ESSID1=( "192.168.0.3/24 brd 192.168.0.255" )
routes_ESSID1=( "default via 192.168.0.1" )
config_ESSID2=( "dhcp" )
fallback_ESSID2=( "192.168.3.4/24" )
fallback_route_ESSID2=( "default via 192.168.3.1" )
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You could follow the link for variable names to more understand the naming convention. |
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realshaft
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| dgaffuri wrote: | | What exactly is not clear in the guide? Please, describe what you're trying to do. |
If my essid is XXX and i write in my /etc/conf.d/net
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modules_wlan0=( "!ifconfig" "wpa_supplicant" )
config_XXX=( "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask [...]")
routes_XXX=( "default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-D wext"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=25
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and start /etc/init.d/wlan0 and connect to the ap "XXX" i've got the message taht wlan0 isnt configured and it assumes dhcp and starts dhcpcd. How can i set my ips for my AP and when i connect to others, it should use dhcp or another ip, depending what is given in the net conf? |
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realshaft
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| magic919 wrote: | | Section 9 seems to describe what you'd need. |
yes, but that doesnt work. See above.
| Quote: | | You could follow the link for variable names to more understand the naming convention. |
As I said, this info isnt helpful. I dont understand this name convention. :-( |
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realshaft
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| magic919 wrote: | | Section 9 seems to describe what you'd need. |
btw, why section 9? cant find any related topics there.... |
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realshaft
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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im just a bit stupid, i wrote a capital letter instead of a lower case letter ....
Im was working on it for 2 hours ....
anyway -> thank you for help (and sorry for the post ). |
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magic919
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| Glad it worked out. |
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