From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id BCE721EF6B1; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:08:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userp1040.oracle.com (userp1040.oracle.com [156.151.31.81]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 102F31EF08B for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:08:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r5DH80Ep002434 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:08:01 GMT Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5DH82RC009891 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:08:03 GMT Received: from abhmt116.oracle.com (abhmt116.oracle.com [141.146.116.68]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5DH82g4002752 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:08:02 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <8a1ee7c5-ed29-4c7d-babe-cbcb0c4a3cae@default> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:08:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Raikes Sender: Don Raikes To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: RE: /etc/network/interfaces References: <20130613034636.GA4788@Enterprise> <20130613060150.GA2090@gregn.net> <20130613061700.GB12774@jdc.jasonjgw.net> In-Reply-To: <20130613061700.GB12774@jdc.jasonjgw.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6668.5000 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:08:07 -0000 Ok, so I haven't looked at wpasupplicant yet, but is there any kind of quic= k and dirty tutorial on how to get debian up and running on a wireless netw= ork? I have both wired and wireless connections here, and would like ot be able = to use the wireless when I move from office to office (actually from my hom= e office to the family room :-) ). -----Original Message----- From: Jason White [mailto:jason@jasonjgw.net]=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:17 PM To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: /etc/network/interfaces Gregory Nowak wrote: > It's been a while since I had access to multiple networks. From what I=20 > recall, each connection requires its own wlan0 configuration block=20 > (I.E. you can't have multiple network configurations for the same wlan=20 > interface). You also can't have multiple wlan0 interfaces defined at=20 > the same time, or you'll get an error. >=20 My recollection is that you can label the connections in the interfaces fil= e, and then bring up the right connection manually with the ifup command. > My quick and dirty work around was to comment out the network I didn't=20 > want to use, and to uncomment the one I did. If you don't want to play=20 > with commenting and uncommenting your interfaces file every time you=20 > want to connect to a different network, then wpasupplicant can be=20 > configured to connect to multiple networks, and to prefer one over=20 > another if they are both in range. Have a look at the wpa_supplicant,=20 > and wpa_supplicant.conf man pages. Oh yes, and from what I recall,=20 > wpasupplicant does integrate nicely with your interfaces file. It's the right tool to use for wireless networks, especially if they're usi= ng WPa 2, as they should be for security reasons. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup