[Angstrom-distro-users] Akita linksys WCF12 issue

[Matthias Hentges]

Am Freitag, den 14.12.2007, 16:20 +0100 schrieb Stanislav Brabec:

> But I need (automatically) choose one from more networks depending on
> actually available APs (WPA protected company or home, if not available,
> then search for a free AP). I found no way, how to do it using
> only /etc/network/interfaces.

The WPA networking scripts were taken 1:1 from Debian so the Debian
manual on how to setup multiple WPA accounts might give you a hint.

I don't need more than one key so I can't help you here.

>  That is why I edited wpa.conf.
> wpa-supplicant can choose one of more networks (even WEP or
> unencrypted), but it introduces other problems:
> - DHCP is started too early
> - When AP becomes unavailable, it does not try automatically to
>   re-associate.
> - If it associates with AP, but AP rejects to provide internet
>   connection, then it does not try another AP.
> 
> It would be nice to have a tool, which can do this automatically. Using
> wpa.conf or using my scripts are only a partial attempts.
> 

As I said before, Angstrom does not support this kind of thing. The
networking scripts are simply not made for this. Breakage is to be
expected.

Patches are of course - as always - welcome ;)
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