Trying multiple essids and crypto keys

[jeremiah johnson]

so write a perl script or shell script to do the detecting for you...

in perl:

  use Net::Ping;

  $host = "10.0.0.1";
  $p = Net::Ping->new();

  if ($p->ping($host)) {
    # ping was successful, do nothing.
  } else {
    # ping wasn't successful, edit file, HUP the driver
  }

  $p->close();

if you don't know perl this won't help you much, but it'd be a good idea to
learn.  there are a great many things that will stop being a "drag" if you
learn perl or shell scripting.  its part of knowing how to administrate a
system.

if you don't want to do it this way, you'll have to rewrite the code in the
driver to try multiple keys.

jeremiah();

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wireless-admin at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:wireless-admin at lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of Scott Bronson
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:04 AM
> To: wireless at samba.org
> Subject: Trying multiple essids and crypto keys
>
>
> Hello.  I've looked all over the net for the answer to this, but it
> still eludes me.  If it's a FAQ, please point me in the right direction?
>
> I have four wireless networks that I sometimes connect my laptop to.
> Two are unprotected, two require encryption strings.  All four have
> different essids.
>
> Is there any way I can get my machine to try all keys and essids and use
> the first one that works?  Having to configure /etc/pcmcia/wireless.conf
> every time is a drag.
>
> Thanks!
>
>     - Scott
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