[TriLUG] Re: Help! Wireless problems

[James Manning]

> I have an SMC Barricade WAP. I can set the channel or the SSID or try
> encryption, but up until now I've not had a problem.

IMHO, setting the ESSID's prob. the best route.  Not setting one is
fine for the "whatever AP is available" mode, but it sounds like
that's the core problem here :)

If you want the "any AP available, just not his" (so that you can
still go roaming to Bear Rock Cafe or whatever), then it should be a
doable hack to have the ifcfg scripts (or post ones, or whatever) to
check the AP mac after the device is up and if it matches his, set the
ESSID to yours specifically and cycle.

an AP mac blacklist and ESSID blacklist would be nice features for the
scripts in the general sense :)

Course, this is all assuming that setting ESSID (good) or WEP (better)
aren't preferrable options.
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