Re: Problem ndis and 11b since May 1

[Quoting Coleman Kane, on May  8, 16:49, in "Re: Problem ndis and ..."]
...
> I've been talking to Andrew Thompson about a similar problem recently.
> I'm not sure if it is related, but it did keep me from being able to
> associate to anything.

I don't think it is related. I think you problem relates to order of the
various configurations.

Yes, I have been following Sam's work and it is not trivial to set
things up. Especially when you want to connect to various
access-points with different interface (f.i. a USB with large antenne
on my ship and the internal one else) depending on where you are.

I have tried the /etc/rc.conf advice, but that didn't work for me, so
I reverted to the trick of /etc/start_if_ndis0 and /etc/start_if_zyd0
scripts which in turn call a /etc/start_if_wireless script.

For your (and perhaps other interested people) information, my start file
looks like (this is a shortened version, the real version loops through
various other accesspoints):
---
 #!/bin/sh
 #set -x

 #To be called by the start_if.<ifn> scripts with <ifn> as argument

 INTFs=`ifconfig -l`
 
 # Do not attempt to start ndis0 when zyd0 is present
 if ( echo $INTFs | grep --quiet 'zyd0' )
 then
     ifconfig ndis0 down
     if [ "$1" = "ndis0" ]
     then
         echo $0 $*: "zyd0 found, exit 1 for ndis0"
 	exit 1
     fi
     echo $0 $*: "zyd0 found, ifconfig ndis0 down"
 fi
 
 if ( echo $INTFs | grep --quiet 'wlan0' )
 then
     : Has already been created
 else # Create wlan interface
     ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev $1
     ifconfig wlan0 country NL
 fi
 
 for SLEEP in 2 4 8
 do
     echo "Try: Omval Airport"
     ifconfig wlan0 ssid "Omval Airport" nwkey 0x********** up
     sleep $SLEEP
     if ( ifconfig wlan0 | grep --quiet 'associated' )
     then
 	/etc/rc.d/dhclient start wlan0
 	exit 0
     fi
 
     echo "Try: WiFi buiten"
     ifconfig wlan0 ssid "WiFi buiten" nwkey 0x********** up
     sleep $SLEEP
     if ( ifconfig wlan0 | grep --quiet 'associated' )
     then
 	/etc/rc.d/dhclient start wlan0
 	exit 0
     fi
 
 done
 
 # Else, do not try to bring up the wireless
 
 echo $0 $*: "no association, shutdown $1"
 ifconfig $1 down
 exit 1
---

Perhaps someone likes this idea, perhaps someother hints us to
something far more easier and/or clever than this.

regards,
-- ted