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one option would be to configure the cards based on socket position,
as in:
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,0,*,*)
# definitions for network card in socket 0
;;
*,1,*,*)
# definitions for network card in socket 1
;;
esac
% vi /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
Using Wireless Extension "iwconfig",you can configure serveral network cards.
If you have only one wireless card,you does not need to use this file,just uses
"config.opts" file.
For example:
# Here are a few examples with a few Wireless LANs supported...
# SAMSUNG 11Mbps Wireless LAN Card
# Note : swld11_cs/swldpc11_cs driver only, and version 1.0.4+ for encryption
support
*,*,*,*)
INFO="SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN"
#ESSID (extended network name) : My Network, any
ESSID="test3"
# Operation mode : Ad-Hoc, Managed
MODE="Managed"
# Frequency or channel : 1, 2, 3 (channel) ; 2.422G, 2.46G (frequency)
CHANNEL="4"
# Bit rate : auto, 1M, 11M
RATE="auto"
# Encryption key : 4567-89AB-CD, s:password
KEY="883e-aa67-21 [1] key 5501-d0da-87 [2] key 91f5-3368-6b [3] key 2d73-
31b7-96 [4]"
# Other iwconfig parameters : power off, ap 01:23:45:67:89:AB
IWCONFIG="power on"
;;
6) Restart the PCMCIA services.
% /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart (in case of Red Hat,Caldera,Mandrake distributions)
or
% /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart (in case of Debian distributions)
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