Re: probably a simpple answer..

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 10/20/05

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    Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:07:02 -0700
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>

    On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:46:35PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
    > A frienn asked me "how do I automatically sence what location my laptop
    > is at and
    > make it use teh right WEP key without manual intervention".
    >
    > I realised I didn't know..
    >
    > is there a standard way to do this?
    > (I know my MAC does it so I guess it's possible).
    >
    > example :
    >
    > laptop moved between home and office. different keys.
    > automatically connects in and runs dhclient using the correct WEP key
    > depending on where it is when booted.

    Upgrade to 6.0 and use wpa_supplicant.

    -- Brooks 

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