Question Regarding Wifi Config In Oz 3.5.3

[tsmori]

Using the Network config within Opie, it appears that you can only have one configuration for WiFi at a time, meaning that if I set it up for work, including WEP and TCP/IP settings, I have to completely reset it when I go home.

With the Sharp ROM and it's network configuration, you can have multiple profiles, each with their own SSIDs, WEP settings, TCP/IP settings, etc.

Am I missing something or is this just the way it works right now? I'm guessing it's just a current limitation, but I hadn't seen anything posted after doing a few searches and I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some magic setting somewhere.

[offroadgeek]

I could have sworn I saw a thread recently about an app that helps to manage multiple interfaces, but I can't seem to find it (maybe I'm just crazy).

Anyway, a somewhat easy way to manage this is to create multiple interfaces files (/etc/network/), one for each network you use.  For example, I have interfaces.home, interfaces.wellenreiter, interfaces.coffee.  When I want to change the network, I just rename the correct file to from say 'interfaces.home' to just 'interfaces', then go to console and type 'ifup wlan0'.  (You may need to do 'ifdown wlan0' first if you're card is still on (from the previous network).

You can either create the seperate files manually, or just use the network app to create one, then copy/rename the file and use the network app to create the next one, and so on.

Does this make sense?  

good luck

[tsmori]

Yes, that makes sense. How do you restart networking then? Just go into the configuration app and click on the restart button or do you do something from the command line?

[offroadgeek]

Yes, that makes sense. How do you restart networking then? Just go into the configuration app and click on the restart button or do you do something from the command line?
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I usually just go to console and type:

ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0

That way I can see for sure if I got a successful dhcp lease, etc.

[tsmori]

Sweet. Thanks. I'll give that a shot.

[Greg2]

I think this is the thread offroadgeek was talking about... it has a link to an opie-sh script written by 2tomcats.
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12485

Here's 2tomcats webpage with script:
http://www.wach-o-witz.de/zaurus/wlanswitch/wlanswitch.html

Greg