[lug] WiFi utils

[John Hernandez]

Bryan Field-Elliot wrote:

> I'm using RedHat 9 and am underwhelmed by the support (or maybe just 
> the documentation) for Wifi...
>
> I roam between three SSID's frequently: My home, my office, and a 
> local coffee shop (Cafe Soleil actually). I'd like for my 
> configuration to always be watching for any of these SSID's, and if I 
> roam to a new one, then automatically connect as well as run DHCP 
> client. This seems pretty normal to me but I don't see any utilities 
> bundled with RH to do it. Can anyone give me any pointers? What I'm 
> doing now is manually reconfiguring ifcfg-eth1 every time I go to a 
> new place, then running ifdown-eth1 and ifup-eth1.

Bryan- try setting up a panel shortcut to 'redhat-config-network'.  This 
GUI should allow you to re-configure your wireless (and other network) 
settings easily.  I -think- it will serve as a front-end to 
iwconfig/ifup/ifdown, but I'm not positive.  Let us know if this 
solution is adequate.