Daniel Normolle <monk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I have my PCMCIA wifi card running under FC3 on my laptop. When plugged in, it always comes up using the same profile, which is associated with the device ath0. This profile has my home settings, specifically my SSID and encryption key. I would like to be able to define an alternative wireless profile for ath0 without a specified SSID and key (for easy use in public places), and in fact I have done so, but if I plug in the PCMCIA card, it always configures according to the original default profile with the encryption key. Deactivating one profile and activating another does not seem to work. I can provide gory details if required. How, actually what, do I configure so that I can insert the PCMCIA card and then associate ath0 on the fly with whichever profile I choose? Thanks in Advance! dpn
I'm an old Unix script hacker so there may be a more elegant solution than this. I faced a similar problem but for my wired NIC since I use my laptop both at home and at work. My solution was to make a copy of /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 as ifcfg-eth1 with ONBOOT set to no and the appropriate changes for my work configuration. I then created a shell script called work.sh that does an ifdown on eth0, an ifup on eth1 and a few other minor things (e.g., set the route to use my work gateway) that I didn't get for free by just bringing up the interface. Note that both ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1 both point to eth0 as the actual ethernet device.
At some point I will create something similar for my wireless connection so that I can connect to a public access point if the need arises. I don't know of any reason why something like this shouldn't work for you. Dave
