Subject: Re: Initial stab at QT based wifi browser. Comments?
To: Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
From: ober <ober@linbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/18/2006 09:54:01
Did I mention I was writing it in qt? :P

I can take a look at the new api.
If you could send me your examples that would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

-Ober

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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Liam J. Foy wrote:

> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:32:17 +0100
> From: Liam J. Foy <liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
> To: ober <ober@linbsd.org>
> Cc: tech-kern@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Initial stab at QT based wifi browser. Comments?
> 
>
> On 18 Apr 2006, at 15:01, ober wrote:
>
>> 
>> http://www.linbsd.org/qnetbased1.png and
>> http://www.linbsd.org/qnetbased2.png are images of my initial work
>> on making a qt based wifi browser.
>
> Are you using the old API or the same code as wiconfig? Also, I think
> if you search the mailing lists there was talk of this being written
> in curses too. I think thats a much better decision than QT :)
>
> I had a try of using the new API which David Young mentioned to me
> but I've had really no luck (new API being http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/ 
> bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/net80211/).
>
>> 
>> What I am looking for is advice, from others who may have different wifi
>> chipsets. As I have noticed that trying to do a `wiconfig $int -D` only 
>> works on some of the chipsets. (e.g. works on ral(4) but not an(4)).
>> So I am wondering what would be the proper way to collect available wan 
>> information for all of the different chipsets?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> -Ober
>> 
>> Richard Chesler: [Reading a piece of paper] The first rule of Fight Club is 
>> you don't talk about Fight Club?
>> Narrator: [Voice-over] I'm half asleep again; I must've left the original 
>> in the copy machine.
>> Richard Chesler: The second rule of Fight Club - is this yours?
>> Narrator: Huh?
>> Richard Chesler: Pretend you're me, make a managerial decision: you find 
>> this, what would you do?
>
> Thanks
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> 		Liam J. Foy
> 		<liamfoy@sepulcrum.org>
> 		BSDPortal.org
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