Hello,

I seem to be having some annoying problems with system-config-network. I 
was wondering if there is some other utility that would help me 
configure my wireless when I move from place to place. I have an IBM 
thinkpad T42 with ethernet (configured as eth0) and Intel PRO wireless 
2200 (configured as eth1), and I use both routinely.

I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, but system-config-network 
seems to mess things up when I move from place to place (between 
ethernet to wireless to another wireless etc). For example, some times 
for no apparent reason, it seems to have eth1 configured with the 
ethernet hardware and so on. I usually have to play around with the 
settings a bit in order to go back to the way it was before, and then 
the connection gets established again (after much pain).

Am I doing something wrong, or are there bugs in system-config-network? 
If so, am I better served learning how to do these things on the command 
line? I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks!
Shri. This usually happens when I go to a new place from where the 
wireless was working the last time.

PS: Stephan, Thanks for your suggestions. I was hoping that there would 
be an easier way to get the Fn-keys working on the T42, but I guess as 
you suggest, I will have to go through the google method sometime.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     Re: SL4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T42
> Date:     Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:44:35 +0200 (CEST)
> From:     Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Shrihari Gopalakrishna <[log in to unmask]>
> CC:     [log in to unmask]
> References:     <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> 4)  A general wireless question: Is there someway to switch easily 
>> between wireless settings when I move from place to place (from home 
>> to work and back etc). I think right now I have to edit info in 
>> System_settings->Network (system-config-network) for it to work. 
>> There is something called "profile" in system-config-network - is 
>> this supposed to enable easy switching between access points?
>
>
> There's one feature of system-config-network-cmd I came across by chance:
> You can feed it lines like
>
>  'DeviceList.Wireless.eth1.Wireless.EssId=MY-ESSID'
>  'DeviceList.Wireless.eth1.Wireless.Key=0x...'
>
> on stdin. I think that's the most convenient way to switch between a 
> number of configurations.
>
> Cheers,
>     Stephan
>