[Malvern] Warwalking - a simple cludge
Jonathan Melhuish
jon at netacclaim.co.uk
Sun May 30 23:31:35 BST 2004
On the basis that my card seems to switch to whichever AP has the strongest
signal, a simple "open access point monitor" is simply an audible ping:
ping -a mywebserver
I had to "apt-get iputils-ping" in order to get the -a switch, but it seems to
work reasonably well. The bizzare problem I have, though is that when I shut
the screen of my Dell CSx, the speaker volume setting becomes *really* quiet.
The only easy way around it that I could see was to do:
echo "aumix -p80" > command.txt
at -f command.txt +1 minute
And then close the screen and wait. A bit shoddy, but has anyone got any
alternative ideas?
I'll sling my laptop in my rucksack tommorow, don my earphone and go
"warwalking"... 8-)
Cheers,
Jon
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