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Friday, 27 April 2007 |
It's been a while since I posted a mixed bag of interesting bits, so here goes...
netsh wlan
In Windows Vista, Microsoft added the ability to control the configuration of wireless network connections from the command line. The netsh command has been around for a while but could only control wired connections. See all the details on the command from Microsoft. It's a little confusing at first. You connect to profiles and profiles are defined in XML files. So to create a script that will configure a card you must first create an XML profile (the easiest way to do it is configure the card the way you want it, then use the netsh wlan export command to export it), import the profile, then issue a connect command using the profile.
For example, first configure a profile the way you want it, then run the following to get the name of the profile
netsh wlan show profiles
Now export it...
netsh wlan export profile="profile name here"
It will tell you the name of the XML file it dumps to. Now delete the profile so you can import it again to see that it works.
netsh wlan delete profile name="profile name here"
Aha! Finally! Now you can import the configuration and connect!
netsh wlan add profile filename="name of file.xml"
netsh wlan connect name="profile name here"
This is a great way to deploy wireless network settings to new computers, change configuration through a login script, update wep keys on client machines, or easily configure clients in an environment where the SSID is not broadcast.
Brazil
A sci-fi classic movie that I just got around to seeing. Here's the synopsis and the like at NetFlix. It's a tough movie to get through the first time - long, and there are a few gratuitous artsy scenes where the director got carried away - but it is worth the effort. The movie steers clear of the technology crutch and focuses on what I call psy-fi, that is the psychology of how we become who we are in the future and how we cope with it. It's a worthy viewing if you have the time and the themes are disturbingly relevant to today's world.
Buying the War
Speaking of disturbingly relevant... Bill Moyer is back reporting for PBS and is off to a running start with the first installment of Bill Moyer's Journal, Buying the War. He explores exactly how it is the media bought into and failed to question what was, in retrospect, a flimsy case for the grave decision to go to war.
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