On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 08:58:27AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen muttered these words: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:36:18AM +0200, Felipe F. Grael wrote: > > I have been lurking on this list for a few months, trying to find an > > answer to the IPN2220 driver. This was main issue keeping me apart on > > using Debian amd64 actively was the support for this wireless card. > > > > Yes it works. I've tested it yesterday by night, and it ran smoothly > > with my access point. I'm even using it with WPA (with the aid of the > > wpasupplicant software), with the same configuration that was working > > flawlessly on my 32 bits Debian installation. Now I can take full > > profit of my Acer 1525WLMi notebook. > > Maybe you could explain something to me: > > How do you make it auto reconnect when it looses the wireless link? I > have managed to get wpasupplicant to connect to my wireless access > point, and after that I have to do dhclient on the interface to get an > IP. Is there some way to make wpasupplicant do that automatically?
Have a look at ifplugd. > Is there some way to support roaming to pick up any of a list of access > points automatically? You can create multiple network definitions in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and configure the authentication method, (if any), for each network you use. > I have very little experience with wireless on linux, but so far it > looks to me to be in serious need of someone combining all the required > tools into a single daemon that can automatically maintain the link for > you. There is definitely a lot of work to do on the wireless front for Linux. -- Eric Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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