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Date:  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:27:15 -0700
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From:  "Neil Waldhauer" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] switching nics without rebooting

on Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:02:49 -0400 (EDT), "Carl Gehr" <Carl.Gehr@attglobal.net>
wrote:

> I've been using Neil's script [slightly modified, but THANK YOU very
> much!] for a while.  One thing to note:  Even if you have DHCPMON
> running, it will only show that the lease that you had for your wired
> connection is no longer there.  It does NOT pick up the WiFi lease
> status.
> 
> My ignorant explanation is:  The monitor is only looking at LAN0.  And,
> the Settings->MonitorInterface only shows LAN0.  I have never been able
> to figure out from any documentation how to get it to switch and look
> at LAN1.

If you've set up your system correctly, then you can change from LAN0 to LAN1
by using the dropdown box in DHCPMON. It remembers the last setting.

> 
> My test to see if the WiFi is active is to simply look at the IPSpeed
> monitor to see if there is a second network and, if so, switch to what
> I believe to be the WiFi and see if there is traffic flowing.  Doing a
> ReLoad with Mozilla is also a good clue:  If it does something, then
> the WiFi must be active...  ;-)

Is that because your drive doesn't support WLAN or WifiStat?

Neil

Neil Waldhauer  neil@blondeguy.com  www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 and eComStation

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