No Jakub is known for closing bugs without actually reading or understanding them; he's closed several of mine; which were legit.
Well stated comments, although some of this should/could have been left on the forums. ie - breaking up a feature request, and a problem deface On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 17:24 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: > Am I the dick? > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172766 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:20 PM > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: [gentoo-user] How can I force net.ath0 to use a > > certain channel? > > > > I have an atheros (mad-wifi) internal mini-pci 802.11 a/b/g > > card in my Dell > > i8200 notebook running Gentoo. I also have an Engenius hostap 802.11b > > card/antenna in my Gentoo server. What is frustrating, is that it's a > > crap-shoot when my ath0 will (or won't) start properly. I > > have no control > > over what channel (either numeric like 6, or alpha such as b > > vs. g) to > > connect to my AP ("MATRIX"). > > > > Please tell me there is some way to tweak my > > /etc/conf.d/wireless (or anything > > for that matter), so that I can tell it, "hey, when > > connecting to 'MATRIX', > > always use 802.11b and/or a certain channel range (presumably > > in the 'b' > > range)". > > > > Furthermore, it would REALLY be great if I could do something > > whereby, if I > > have net.eth0 (i.e. CAT5 cable) then don't start net.ath0, > > else try net.ath0. > > Right now I have net.ath0 disabled by default because I hate > > when it starts > > up when I'm plugged in at work, as my traffic seems to go > > over the "slower" > > ath0 rather than the faster eth0 port. ?! I have ifplugd > > installed, but I > > don't think it can manage this kind of (seemingly obvious and > > intelligent) > > decision. > > > > locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start > > * Starting ath0 > > * Configuring wireless network for ath0 > > * ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > * in managed mode on channel 52 (WEP disabled) > > * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP > > * Bringing up ath0 > > * dhcp > > * Running dhcpcd ... > > Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response > > > > > > [ !! ] > > locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start > > * Starting ath0 > > * Configuring wireless network for ath0 > > * ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > * in managed mode on channel 7 (WEP disabled) > > * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP > > * Bringing up ath0 > > * dhcp > > * Running dhcpcd ... > > Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response > > > > > > [ !! ] > > locutus ~ # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start > > * Starting ath0 > > * Configuring wireless network for ath0 > > * ath0 connected to ESSID "MATRIX" at 00:02:6F:09:B2:B4 > > * in managed mode on channel 6 (WEP disabled) > > * Configuration not set for ath0 - assuming DHCP > > * Bringing up ath0 > > * dhcp > > * Running dhcpcd ... > > > > > > [ ok ] > > * ath0 received address 10.10.10.69/24 > > locutus ~ # > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > >
