Re: v0.6-pre1 released for testing

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:48:20PM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Donnie Barnes writes:
> > > iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
> > > iwconfig wlan0 essid any
> >
> > While doing this by hand is possible, and doing it in some random boot
> > script is also possible (provided you do it after card services is
> > started), where is the *right* place to do the above?
>
> Go into /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, and insert another case statement
> before the first case statement. Perhaps this is TOTALLY against the
> design of the Linux pcmcia system, but it's the only way I can find to
> switch the hostap into managed mode at the right time. Setting
> MODE="managed" later on in the same file doesn't do the trick.
>
> case "$1" in
> start)
> iwconfig $2 mode managed
> iwconfig $2 essid any
> ;;
> esac
>
> case "$ADDRESS" in

        wireless.opts works for me and many other people (do a google
on wireless.opts). And this is the first time I hear of such a
bug. So, I assume that one way or another you didn't follow the
instructions.
        Bah, it doesn't matter, you managed to find your way around...
        Have fun...

        Jean
Received on Wed Jul 31 16:35:36 2002