On 9/26/06, Frederick Reeve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:41:26 -0400 > "Didier Casse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now even the 3rd party tray "trayer-1.0" doesn't display the icon. I > > had to login into GNOME to see the networks and connect. Does anybody > > have any practical solutions or use some other software? Thanks. > > I know this may not be the most elegant solution but you can run in a term > something to the effect of: > > $ iwlist ethx scan > $ sudo dhclient -r ethx > $ sudo iwconfig ethx essid "id" channel nn key "xxxx-xxxx-xx or 128bit etc" > mode managed > $ sudo dhclient ethx > > The mode should be managed in the vast magority of cases. > or this for a non dynamic setup > > $ iwlist ethx scan > $ sudo ifconfig ethx down > $ sudo iwconfig ethx essid "id" channel nn key "xxxx-xxxx-xx or 128bit etc" > $ sudo ifconfig ethx nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > Maybe you know this. Sorry if you did. You might have to adjust the comand > names for your distro but that should work on debian/ubuntu. I don't switch > networks but a couple times a day so this works for me and is honestly if you > are an ok typer it is about as fast as a gui although definietly not as cool. > :-) > > Of course now that I right all this it pricks my mind that this should > probably be directed to the users list. > > Hope that helps for now. >
An even better solution IMHO is to use wpa_supplicant, which has support for automatic switching between networks. -- Justin Patrin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
