[ltp] T41p, often cannot connect by wireless

[David A. Desrosiers]

> Here is what I do on debian unstable with 2.16.26 and I do have some 
> issues on occasion.  I sometimes find at different wifi hotspots I 
> cannot connect at the first attempt.  IN a hotel in Tokyo I had 
> repeated problems until I downed the interface by doing ifdown eth1; 
> iwconfig eth1 essid xxxxx key off.

 	I created a little bash script that does it for me, and I pass 
in the ssid of the AP that I want, and it Does The Right Thing(tm). 
The default configuration doesn't pass in any SSID or key, and I can 
run the script which will set the proper values. If it wedges, I can 
just down the interface ('./wifi stop', which downs the interface and 
removes ALL associated wifi modules [6 or 7 in my case]) and bring it 
back up again.

 	And hey Mike, fancy seeing you here ;)


David A. Desrosiers
desrod@gnu-designs.com
http://gnu-designs.com