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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 11:10:58 est5edt
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: MPTS and wireless NIC

This is also the way that the older IBM network access software used to 
work with Connection Manager/2. A .cmd file to swap setups, followed by 
a reboot.

I used to do lots of things this way, but there are - as with most 
everything in life - some drawbacks. If you forget to run the .cmd file 
before a reboot, you need to go through a whole other boot cycle, for 
instance. For many of us, multiple CONFIGs are the most convenient. 
Also, should you find that a certain protocol build works better with 
one card as opposed to another, you could pair up the "best fitting" 
combination for each card.

Of course, the best thing about this whole subject is that with OS/2, we 
have several different ways of achieving the same objective, which is 
more than can be said for many other OSes!

Aron Eisenpress wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>Just a little more detail on how I switch the protocol.ini files, which
>I think is a little simpler than having to maintain 2 config.sys's...
>
>I have both drivers in config.sys at the same time.  That hasn't caused me
>any problems at all, so config.sys doesn't need to change.  (The cards I'm
>using are a 10baseT 3Com 3CXE589DT and the IBM High Speed Wireless card.)
>
>I have static copies of the different protocol.ini files, each under another
>name (for example, Protocol_3CXE589DT.ini and
>Protocol_IBM_High_Rate_Wireless.ini), and a simple .cmd file to for each one
>to copy it over the current protocol.ini (for example, Switch_to_3CXE589DT.CMD
>and so on).  To make it really easy, I've created icons in System Setup in
>a folder I called Switch Net Configuration.  These are called "Switch to ..."
>(the appropriate name) and each runs the .cmd file to copy over the file.
>It just takes a couple of clicks to change the setup... but of course it sill
>does require a reboot.
>
>--Aron
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