I found a major flaw in the script I submitted last night, I attached
the fixed copy. The scanning should now work properly.
#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin $network_devices/services/wireless
#
# Description : Wireless Handler
#
# Authors : Joe Ciccone - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#
# Version : 00.00
#
# Notes :
#
########################################################################
. /etc/sysconfig/rc
. ${rc_functions}
. ${IFCONFIG}
if [ ! -d "${network_devices}/ssid" ]; then
boot_mesg "${network_devices}/ssid does not exist, cannot continue."
${FAILURE}
echo_failure
exit 1
fi
case "${2}" in
up)
if [ "${ESSID}" = "scan" ]; then
for wnet in `iwlist ${1} scan | grep ESSID | cut -d:
-f2 | cut -d'"' -f2` \
`iwlist ${1} scan | grep Address | awk '{print $5}'`; do
if [ -f "${network_devices}/ssid/${wnet}" ];
then
ESSID=${wnet}
break
fi
done
fi
if [ -n "${OVERRIDE_ESSID}" ]; then
ESSID=${OVERRIDE_ESSID}
fi
if [ "${ESSID:-scan}" = "scan" ]; then
boot_mesg "Could not find a configurable ssid for ${1},
cannot continue." ${FAILURE}
echo_failure
exit 1
else
if [ ! -f "${network_devices}/ssid/${ESSID}" ]; then
boot_mesg "Unable to open
${network_devices}/ssid/${ESSID}, cannot continue." ${FAIURE}
echo_failure
exit 1
fi
source ${network_devices}/ssid/${ESSID}
fi
args1="essid ${ESSID}"
if [ -n "${MODE}" ]; then
args1="${args1} mode ${MODE}"
fi
if [ -n "${FREQ}" ]; then
args1="${args1} freq ${FREQ}"
fi
if [ -n "${RATE}" ]; then
args1="${args1} rate ${RATE}"
fi
boot_mesg "Configuring ${1} for essid ${ESSID}"
iwconfig ${1} ${args1}
evaluate_retval
boot_mesg "Setting up ${TYPE} on ${1} ..."
case "${TYPE}" in
wep)
args2=""
if [ -n "${KEY1}" ]; then
args2="key ${KEY1}"
fi
if [ -n "${KEY2}" ]; then
args2="${args2} key ${KEY2}"
fi
if [ -n "${KEY3}" ]; then
args2="${args2} key ${KEY3}"
fi
if [ -n "${KEY4}" ]; then
args2="${args2} key ${KEY4}"
fi
iwconfig ${1} ${args2}
evaluate_retval
;;
*)
boot_mesg "Unknown Type ${TYPE}, cannot
continue." ${FAILURE}
echo_failure
exit 1
;;
esac
evaluate_retval
;;
down)
;;
*)
echo "Usage: ${0} [interface] {up|down}"
exit 1
;;
esac
# End $network_devices/services/wireless
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