essidscan(8) [debian man page]

ESSIDSCAN(8)							     Commands							      ESSIDSCAN(8)

NAME

       essidscan - scan for ESSID corresponding to available WLAN access points

SYNOPSIS

       In /etc/network/interfaces:

       mapping <interface> script essidscan

DESCRIPTION

       The essidscan utility is used to tell the ifup and ifdown utilities about the current SSID of the WLAN currently being accessed.  It can be
       used to map the SSID name to an iface stanza.

CONFIGURATION

       A sample /etc/network/interfaces may look like this:

	  mapping hotplug
	    script /etc/network/essidscan
	    map SSIDONE  wlan-work
	    map SSIDTWO  wlan-work
	    map HOME

	  iface wlan-work inet dhcp
	    wireless-key     1234-5678-9ABC-DEF0-1234-5678-9A
	    wireless-keymode restricted

	  iface HOME inet static
	    address	     192.168.2.4
	    netmask	     255.255.255.0
	    gateway	     192.168.2.1
	    wireless-essid   HOME
	    wireless-key     s:somepassword
	    wireless-keymode open

	  iface DEFAULT inet dhcp

FILES

       /etc/network/interfaces
	      the interfaces definition file

       /etc/network/run/ifstate
	      a record of the current state of the interfaces, managed by ifup and ifdown

SEE ALSO

       interfaces(5) ifscheme(8) ifup(8) ifdown(8)

AUTHORS

       Tor Slettnes <tor@slett.net>

																      ESSIDSCAN(8)

IFCFG(5)						       Network configuration							  IFCFG(5)

NAME

       ifcfg-wireless - wireless LAN network interface configuration

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-*
       /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-type-wlan

GENERAL

       Wireless  networks  need  some additional configuration data compared to ethernet ones. Therefore additional variables for ifcfg files were
       introduced.  All wireless LAN specific variables are described in the ifcfg template file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg.template. It is pos-
       sible to configure more than one wireless network accepted for association. To achieve this add suffix _1 to all wireless variables for the
       second network, _2 for the this, and so on. Example: WIRELESS_ESSID_1="second_net" You can have up to  ten  wireless  networks  configured.
       Some  wireless  variables  are not applicable to a single wireless network but are global to the interface. The description of the variable
       points this out.

BUGS

       Please report bugs at <http://www.suse.de/feedback>

AUTHOR

       Christian Zoz <zoz@suse.de> -- ifup script
       Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> -- ifup script
       Bjoern Jacke -- ifup script
       Mads Martin Joergensen <mmj@suse.de> -- ifup manual page
       Michal Ludvig <mludvig@suse.cz> -- tunnel support
       Joachim Gleissner <jg@suse.de> -- wireless support

SEE ALSO

       ifup(8).

sysconfig							   December 2005							  IFCFG(5)