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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:17:33 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
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From:  Orest Skrypuch <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] How to: setup wireless AND wired interface on a laptop?

Neil Waldhauer wrote:

>This is my script. Turning the radio off is left as an exercise for the
>student. Please post your answer and we will grade it. :)
>
>/* turn on the radio
> * This command activates the 802.11b interface
> *
> * The wireless NIC should be inserted in the PC Card slot
> */
>say "Activating the wireless network card"
>'@ ifconfig lan0 down'
>'@ ifconfig lan0 delete'
>'@ dhcpmon -t'
>'@ route -fh'
>'@ arp -f'
>'@ dhcpstrt -i lan1 -d 0'
>say "Wireless networking enabled"
>return
>  
>

Wow! Looks great. I did some studying with this as primer -- let me 
understand it ...

'@ ifconfig lan0 down'
'@ ifconfig lan0 delete'

First of all you bring down the lan0 interface, and then close all 
routes through it,

'@ dhcpmon -t'

then terminate the dhcp daemon,

'@ route -fh'

the route command switches you have listed, I can't find in the .hlp 
files, I assume it flushes all the routes?? That is exactly the command 
from the mptn\bin\setup.cmd file ...

'@ arp -f'

then you delete all the entries in the  arp  table,

'@ dhcpstrt -i lan1 -d 0'

and then restart dhcp through the lan1 interface. Why did you specify a 
"0" wait time, might it not take longer ... well, I guess it just keeps 
retrying so it doesn't really matter how long it waits each time?


So to reverse it you would:

say "Activating the wired network card"
'@ ifconfig lan1 down'
'@ ifconfig lan1 delete'
'@ dhcpmon -t'
'@ route -fh'
'@ arp -f'
'@ dhcpstrt -i lan0 -d 0'
say "Wired networking enabled"
return


Correct??


Another question, now, how do you know that the wireless MAC is lan1? I 
guess it would be a reasonable assumption, but is this determined 
somewhere in the setup files? MPTS lists the tcp/ip protocol through the 
wireless card as "2", is lan0 the lowest number tcp/ip, lan1 the next 
highest (in this case 2), and so on?


Your humble student,

* Orest


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