[Clfs-support] Still No Internet

[Dan McGhee]

Chris Staub wrote:
> On 10/23/2009 01:08 AM, Dan McGhee wrote:
>> I'm not familiar with the "template" bootscript.
>
> It's the file named "template", in the same place as all the other 
> bootscripts...
Thanks, I don't think I've ever noticed that.
> One thing that I didn't
>> mention in the original description of my problem is that "iwconfig" for
>> my wireless card shows 'ESSID "" '. I've not been able to change that to
>> anything but the name of my router. I haven't been able to come up with
>> a word like any, off or auto that will get it to change. I thinking "ap
>> auto" will help too.
>
> Um, that's exactly how it's supposed to work. "iwconfig" will only 
> show you where it is *currently* connected (or is trying to connect), 
> which will always be either blank or the specified ESSID.
Well that's what I thought and that it would try to connect to the 
strongest signal. My point is that using iwconfig, ip or ifconfig, I 
couldn't manipulate it at all to see if I could control it.
> Of course it's certainly possible to use "auto" but I personally don't 
> recommend it. For example, if a neighbor happened to get a wireless 
> router you might end up connecting to that instead.
That happened to me when I used to live in town. I put "reject" 
statement in the dhclient.conf. Where I live now, my nearest neighbor is 
a quarter mile away and I forget about these things. :)

Thanks for the help.

Dan