Wireless configuration for IPw2100

I am working with a machine that uses the firmware upgrade IPw2100. I am experiancinging issues where sometimes it will find the network and other times it will not. Where I am working there are a couple of networks around. I am wondering if anyone knows how to tell it whihc network to use, and when?
Please help

ipmonkey wrote:I am wondering if anyone knows how to tell it whihc network to use, and when?
Wpa_supplicant may be what you need. It allows you to specify a list of networks and when started will run through the list. If it finds a network on the list it will then connect to it. It also lets you specify any wpa or wep keys if needed.

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