Re: Request for a sponsor for getwifi
On 5/8/05, martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote:
> also sprach Joshua D. Abraham <jabra@ccs.neu.edu> [2005.05.08.0212 +0200]:
> > I am have not used waproamd, however, getwifi currently joins
> > wireless networks with a similar configuration. It is meant to be
> > run to join networks that you are using regularly. The updates
> > I have been working on will include wep and wpa support. The next
> > version will also include the ability to scan for networks that
> > are being broadcast. It will use iwlist to scan for wireless
> > networks but that isn't implemented yet.
>
> So why should we have getwifi in the archive in addition to
> waproamd? Note that I know that waproamd has problems, so if you are
> working to address those problems, that's great. However, please do
> not just duplicate the functionality. I suggest you install waproamd
> and check it out.
wapraomd does not support wpa or manual configuration of the
interface. I'm looking for a replacement for my hand crafted scan
shellscript for quite some time, will have a look at this one.
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regards,
Reinhard
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