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bssid=01:23:45:67:89:ab
could be! in any case, i can't use saved profiles on my home connection with PeasyWifi. I don't have this prob with Frisbee, but i'd rather use Peasyrcrsn51 wrote:may have something to do with how your range extender works.
it's not just about saving a mouse click. I'm making a distro to share with non-geek friends and my mom. I'm trying to simplify everything. Your config screen will just confuse them, and they will never need it. Your scan-window has all they need. They can always get to the config screen from the menu, if needed. Showing an entire config interface, when you're just trying to connect, is TMI.There is no way to jump directly to that screen, just to save one mouse click.
i think i am. I connect to the extender, not to the router. Is that what you mean? Would that suggestion apply if it connects successfully on first connect? cuz it does.[Edit] You could try building a profile that uses the range extender's BSSID instead of the access points's SSID.
hrm, tried that. I don't see anything different.Click the Show all Cells box to see the bssids.
to save RAM on a low-ram machine, i don't run your system tray icon. It's a nice-to-have eye-candy, but not essential. I also removed the ram-heavy notification area.rcrsn51 wrote:I don't understand. Are you talking about the Config button at the bottom left?
Do you mean the main screen under the Connect tab?johnywhy wrote:That brings up the config screen.
Your multiple tabs and many buttons and controls and tabs will bewilder and intimidate a non-geek. Almost none of it is needed for day-to-day computing.rcrsn51 wrote:I don't understand how hiding that screen makes the program less confusing or easier to use.
That's awesome, but i thought the point is no-clicks, not one-click. If the profile is saved and set to auto, then it connects on boot automatically without any clicking. Awesome!The objective of PWF is to build a collection of profiles that give you one-click connection to your regular access points
I noticed that, once the scan window opens, i can 'quit' the config screen, and the scanner window keeps running. So they're clearly separate processes.There is no way to jump directly to that screen, just to save one mouse click.
If i open your scanner dropdown, then there too i will see all the available APs.Other connection tools will show you all the available APs, all the time. PWF does not.
My 85 year old mom doesn't need or want to "learn a different user interface", and I'm not going to expect her to. She just wants to quickly and easily connect to wifi, with a minimum of effort and distraction, and check her gmail. A quick-connect scan window is all she needs.rcrsn51 wrote:You don't give other people enough credit for being able to learn a different user interface.
Yes, I tried to get more information from her, but she isn't particularly technical so fact is I don't have more details. She has moved on from there now, but this is a recurring problem; she was on similar trip a few months ago and same thing happened. Alas, Windows OS always managed login but Linux one only in some hotels. It is frustrating because if I was there I would surely track issue down, but going blind just leaves me guessing too.greengeek wrote:Any chance of a pic of the login data given to her by the hotel? Was it on a slip of paper given to her on the day she checked in or is it shown on a website or other possibly outdated media?
Also - often hotels use open networks and the login data given to the traveller is a username and passphrase intended to be input through browser - not actually a wifi password.
I think my partner tried open network connection (I'm not sure because it is difficult working out what a non-technical user is actually doing...). So there was no connection to use the browser login/password kind of situation, which I am also familiar with (not sure if she is though).rcrsn51 wrote:If a hotel gives you a username and password, they might be using PEAP. You would need to build that type of profile.
Though I also doubt now that the hotel was using WEP, I should mention that I'm using PeasyWIFI ver 4.6 on BionicDog and with that version if you put the passphrase in without quotes it ends up without quotes in the profile. If using WPA2 on the otherhand, if you don't put quotes, the quotes are auto-inserted anyway. So for WEP I needed to use quotes, and for WPA2 I needed not to use quotes so I guess a bit of relevant code (for adding quotes) has been omitted from the WEP function, at least in that version of PeasyWIFI.rcrsn51 wrote:I can't imagine that any hotel would still be using WEP. But if they were, it would require building a WEP profile. You wouldn't need to include quotes - PWF puts all passphrases in quotes so you can include spaces.
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ssid="new_ssid"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0=new_psk
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wep_key0="new_psk"
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for IFACE in $ETH0 $ETH1; do
if [ -f $ETHPROFILEPATH/$IFACE.dhcp ]; then
for TRY in 1 2; do
ifconfig $IFACE mtu 1528 up
udhcpc -s /etc/pwf/udhcpc/default.script -n -t 5 -T 5 -x hostname:$(hostname) -i $IFACE
[ $? -eq 0 ] && break
sleep 5
done
elif [ -f $ETHPROFILEPATH/$IFACE.static ]; then
. $ETHPROFILEPATH/$IFACE.static
SUBNET=${IP%.*}
ifconfig $IFACE up
ifconfig $IFACE $IP broadcast ${SUBNET}.255 netmask $NETMASK
[ -n "$GATEWAY" ] && route add default gw $GATEWAY $IFACE
[ -f /etc/resolv.conf.tail ] && cp /etc/resolv.conf.tail /etc/resolv.conf
fi
done