Re: [LUG] Wireless Card Config

[Simon Waters <Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

george_sinclair@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi there anyone know what to set NWID to ? 

If in doubt try "off".

> Is it the MAC address ?

No it is a network identifier - to let you have multiple networks with
the same ESSID - I've never used it but if the GUI mandates it "off" is
what I'd try first.

The comand line tool "iwconfig" doesn't mandate it - try "man iwconfig".

> Windows only needed SSID & WEP, but SuSe8.2 also wants a network ID
> (NWID) identifier.

Ah you get so much more with free software.

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