Re: edit which files for wireless settings?

From: Marc Onrust (mwonrustPLEASEREMOVETHIS_at_home.nl)
Date: 07/24/03 

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:41:28 +0200

John T. Ellis wrote:

> If you have a laptop, the file would probably be
> /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-pcmcia. Basically check your
> ifcfg-eth* files. That should be the only file you need for WAP
> settings.
>
> Wireless NICs should automatically scan channels for the correct one -
> so if you change the channel on the WAP the NIC should search and find
> it automatically.
>
> Marc Onrust <mwonrustPLEASEREMOVETHIS@home.nl> wrote in message
> news:<bflein$g3hmn$1@ID-136327.news.uni-berlin.de>...
>> Now the question is, in which file(s) do I set the channel, SSID and the
>> like, and which files contain duplicate info which isn't used?
>>
>> Next question: when I change the channel on the router but not on my
>> laptop, I'm still able to connect. Is this changed automatically?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Marc

Thanks for your reply. As far as I can tell the ifcf-eth-pcmcia file is
changed by yast, other files aren't (regarding wireless).

So what about the wireless-tools package and the applet it provides? Do they
work at all with an atmel chipped pcmcia card? 

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