[PlanetCCRMA] intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG with planetedge kernels

[Matthew Allen]

iwconfig eth1 | grep -o ESSID:[[:punct:]][[:alnum]]+ -| grep -o [[:alnum:]]+$ -

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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:05:18 -0500, Peter Lutek <plutek at infinity.net> wrote:
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-eth1 is where the key should live.
> 
> yes, i see it.... good to know!
> 
> > ESSID is actually passed to the card from the access point. So as you
> > move around you can quesry this to see what network you are on. If you
> > dont hard code the ESSID it defaults to any and will pick up the
> > strongest signal around.
> >
> 
> query it how? just with iwconfig?
> how can one hard code the ESSID? in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx ?
> 
> thanks again!
> 
> -p
> 
>