How to configure Rpi on two wireless networks ?

[NewPi]

Hi,

I have two wireless networks - one at Home and one at office, I used wpa_gui to configure my Home WiFi with RPi and connected successfully. My current "interfaces" config is :

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

Now, I want to connect to my office wifi network and configure both wlan connections to have static IP's. Pls. guide how to achieve this ?

[RussoNC]

Mmhh... seems like you want to do an VPN? If is that, you can use this tutorial that another user post:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 36&t=14535
Hope this is usefull, if not, tell me and I'll try to help you.

[NewPi]

Mmhh... seems like you want to do an VPN? If is that, you can use this tutorial that another user post:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 36&t=14535
Hope this is usefull, if not, tell me and I'll try to help you.

No I did not wanted an VPN, I wanted my Pi to have the same static IP address in wlan when connected to any one of the two wifi's.

[Lob0426]

Your best bet might be to use one of the network managers. They allow settings for multiple networks. The new Raspbian has one installed. I use network-manager-gnome. There are others out there also.

[NewPi]

Some Google searching and WICD Network Manager did the trick

Thanks

[thogue]

I'd be interested in what the interfaces file looks like for this config. Or maybe wicd holds all that info.

[NewPi]

I'd be interested in what the interfaces file looks like for this config. Or maybe wicd holds all that info.

Here's the /etc/network/interfaces file :

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auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

The /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file :

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ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
	ssid="MyOfficeWifi"
	psk="areyoukiddingme"
	proto=RSN
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
	pairwise=CCMP
	auth_alg=OPEN
}

network={
	ssid="Home_Network"
	psk="reallyiwillpostithere"
	proto=RSN
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
	pairwise=CCMP
	auth_alg=OPEN
}

[Dweeber]

You can also add priorities when you have say a temporary hotspot that you use for testing at a location where you have a normal access point.

By adding priority...

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network={
        ssid="HouseDefault"
        psk="password"
        proto=RSN
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=CCMP
        auth_alg=OPEN
        priority=5
}
network={
        ssid="Rezound4G"
        psk="password"
        proto=RSN
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        pairwise=CCMP
        auth_alg=OPEN
        priority=9
}

If both HouseDefault an Rezound4G are active at the location the Rezound SSID will be used because it has a higher default value. There are some great portable reasons to do this in a headless environment.

[thogue]

Config is showing dhcp config a, did you setup reservations or am I missing something ? My configs look just like this.

[NewPi]

Config is showing dhcp config a, did you setup reservations or am I missing something ? My configs look just like this.

No, I did no manual config. First set-upped using wpa_config and then used WICD to allot an static ip.
I guess WICD takes over to load the static IP while booting.