Jonathan Berry wrote: > On 7/6/05, Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [snip] > Also, it's good practice to trim irrelevant info from replies :). > > >>Thanks for all of you help, I would have not been able to get this far without it. > > > No problem, glad to help. > > >>I did have one last question maybe you could help me with: >> >>1. Because I am using ndiswrapper does this mean that I have to do this through the command line >>each time I want to authenticate to a network. >> >>Note: I ask this because when I look at the network cards through the gui this card doesn't show up, >>just my internal network card that was discovered natively. > > > Really? Works for me. Go to Desktop->System Settings->Network, then > click New select Wireless connection then click Forward, and there it > is, ndiswrapper (wlan0). I don't use wireless enough to really set it > up this way yet. I just put all the necessary commands in a little > script for when I want to use it. > > >>2. If I do use authenticate to another essid with another encryption key, will the one that I >>entered for my network be wiped out? or will it be retained? > > > I think you will need to re-set your WEP key when you change back. > I'm not sure if there is a way to store multiple, at least not with > iwconfig alone. What I do is have the key in a file and run: > > iwconfig wlan0 key `cat key.txt` > > Those are "back-ticks" around the cat key.txt (un-shifted tilda ~). > Sure beats having to type it in every time. And definitely beats > Windows XP where you have to enter it *twice* in the blind > (thankfully, you only have to do that once) :). The Network > configuration app has a thing called Profiles that you might be able > to setup to switch between networks. What you probably want is > provided by something called NetworkManager. It's a very new app, > though, but I think it is a lot more stable than it was. I haven't > tried doing anything with it, but I think it is supposed to make > networking between wired and multiple wireless networks more like in > Windows where you can change things easily. Linux is still growing > into the laptop market where these kinds of features are needed. One > day I'll get it all working. For now, commands and scripts are good > enough for me. > > Jonathan > Thanks for that tip as well. I actually went into the network settings and I tried to create the new wireless device and all I saw was other card. I am going to see if I can find some other way to get it in there. I did create a script with the last few commands for now since once I reboot everything goes away anyway. Since you don't do wireless to often it maybe something outside of what you know :) but you got me a lot further then I would have been able to get on my own thats for sure.
