Re: Network profile selector
On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 23:45, Mark Roach wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 20:18 +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
>
> > Are there any real-world network profiles which cannot be detected? My
> > laptop brings eth0 (built-in ethernet) up when I plug a wire in and
> > performs ARP pings to detect where it is, configuring itself and
> > resetting various applications on demand. This is done by
> > ifplugd/guessnet/resolvconf and works very well.
>
> I typically only use wireless. All of the networks I connect to use a
> different WEP key. The difference between my profiles is basically a
> different essid and WEP key.
I use 'waproamd' for that. Works like a charm! You can even use it to
set up vpn tunnels on demand...
>
> I suppose it would be possible to cycle through all the different keys
> and see if a connection to the given network is established, but I have
> no idea how practical that is. In some cases, (actually a lot of cases
> around here, where everybody seems to have a wireless AP) multiple
> networks might be available and you want to pick a specific one.
>
> The goal, as much as I hate to say it, would be something very similar
> to Windows XP's wireless networking configuration tool. Linux wlan
> drivers seem to lack support for network scanning in a lot of instances
> though. Also, some mechanism needs to be put in place to allow the user
> to select network settings without needing to enter a password, there
> could be multiple levels of security from "connect to any network you
> please" to "connect to any network you please as long as it is one of
> the following pre-configured choices"
Indeed it would be very nice to have tools that help a non-linux savy
person to configure these network facilities (like waproamd and
friends).
regards,
Andreas
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