Accessing multiple Wireless networks from laptop

[skurk]

I'm trying to get my laptop to connect to different networks based on my location, e.g "home_network" and "work_network", without having to change network scripts every time.

The 2 networks has different SSID's ("home_network" and "work_network") and WEP's.

I use Atheros and has currently setup the SSID and WEP in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0

DEVICE=ath0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=home_network
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=DCBCECDABC
DHCP_TIMEOUT="5"

How can I setup another accesspoint with different parameters?

(Config Mandrake 10.1 - generic 2.6.10 kernel w. various patches)
Thanks in advance
SN

[LinuxFreak]

Dear
Hello,

The best you can do is to put another NIC. Your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0:0

DEVICE=ath0:0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=home_network
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=DCBCECDABC
DHCP_TIMEOUT="5"

Best Regards.

[skurk]

8) Thanks Färrükh,

That is really convenient, does it mean that if I need to add a third hotspot I just add a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0:1 and do a "service network restart"?

Thanks
again
Skurk

[LinuxFreak]

Dear skurk,
Hello,

Yup

Best Regards.