Re: Wired network idea..

[Pat Suwalski <pat suwalski net>]

Pierre Marc Dumuid wrote:
> If I connect to a wired network.. do a wireless scan for the ESSID's in 
> the area (and possibly the MAC addresses of the routers)  and auto-set 
> the IP / Gateway / DNS info based on the wireless router's in the area..

I believe this is an inherently bad idea. Especially in the settings of 
Universities and larger corporations, access points are always placed on 
their own VLANs with their own IP address range. There is absolutely no 
reason to assume that the IP addresses are transferrable.

--Pat