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Title: Wifi Setup (sharp / Cacko)
Post by: walts on June 05, 2006, 10:45:21 am

This problem is common to the WIFI setup on both the Sharp and Cacko ROM.

I need to access a network that has a space inside the SSID, as in "my network".  The GUI won't let me insert a space, and I can't figure out what configuration file I need to edit manually to override this.  

Any help will  be welcome!

Walt

Title: Wifi Setup (sharp / Cacko)
Post by: xamindar on June 05, 2006, 01:37:30 pm

I don't think you can.  But it WILL connect if you just have it set to connect to any network.  You just have to get lucky

Title: Wifi Setup (sharp / Cacko)
Post by: walts on June 05, 2006, 03:03:56 pm

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I don't think you can.  But it WILL connect if you just have it set to connect to any network.  You just have to get lucky
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Thanks.  After several hours of looking through files (I really have to learn how to use grep!) I found the setting I was loking for in /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts.  After manually changing the ESSID paramater for the connection I needed, and then unplugging and re-plugging the WI-FI card, I got connected.

Anton - could you add to some future "To-Do List" to allow spaces in the ESSID field in the Network applet?

Walt

Title: Wifi Setup (sharp / Cacko)
Post by: xamindar on July 29, 2006, 11:55:21 pm

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Thanks.  After several hours of looking through files (I really have to learn how to use grep!) I found the setting I was loking for in /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts.  After manually changing the ESSID paramater for the connection I needed, and then unplugging and re-plugging the WI-FI card, I got connected.

Anton - could you add to some future "To-Do List" to allow spaces in the ESSID field in the Network applet?

Walt
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I don't understand how you edited your /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file.  There is no ESSID setting.  As far as I know the ESSID setting is in /home/zaurus/Applications/Network/modules/ in the individual files for each connection.