On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:55:11 +0100, justin flavin wrote
> I noticed on http://www.corkwireless.com/hotspots.php that the Oz
> cafe on Grand Parade has free wifi.
Most of these require payment, right?
> I'll be in Cork next week, with the laptop. So is it just simply a
> case of ifup eth1 when i'm in that cafe? Laptop is one of those
> centrino ones, with Mandrake 10.1 on it.
Should be fine.
> my ifcfg-eth1 looks like this (works fine on my wireless network at
> home):
>> DEVICE=eth1
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=no
> HWADDR=00:0e:35:7a:16:19
> METRIC=10
> MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
> WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
> WIRELESS_ESSID=any
I'd set MODE to Auto.
///Peter
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