wlan0 config questions
Anton Verevkin
anton-P5WJPa9AKEc1GQ1Ptb7lUw at public.gmane.org
Mon Apr 12 20:09:40 UTC 2010
"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Here's /etc/conf.d/net on my Gentoo system...
> ...
> After picking my jaw off the floor, I downed wlan0. Just to be safe,
> I ran "rmmod ath5k". I want to be able to scan available connections
> and then select which one I want, e.g. I want to try it at the Toronto
> Public Library. I do not like the concept of the netbook automatically
> connecting to the first available access point. What do I have to do to
> *NOT* connect automatically?
Add
config_wlan0=( null )
to your /etc/conf.d/net file. This will disable dhcp on the interface. And
even
if wifi would connect to some network (I bet it wouldn't, but I am not
sure), anyways,
your interface would not get any IP and will stay safe until you manually
configure it.
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Best regards,
Anton Verevkin
anton-P5WJPa9AKEc1GQ1Ptb7lUw at public.gmane.org
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