Wireless network ESSID* can be configured to be unique to a specific location. Lets say in my home I have the ESSID, whirlhome, while at work I have whirloffice and my favourite coffee shop ESSID is swirlcoffee.

Lets say that I have Samba configured at home, NFS at work nothing in the coffee shop. I want my laptop to mount the Samba share when I am at home and the NFS share while I am at work. This way my laptop will mount different drives according to location (networks).

I am aware that Mandriva can be configured with different profiles from the Mandrake Control System. But I have to switch those profiles manually.

What would be the best "GNU/Linux way" to do this ?

Is there a solution for this already ?

What is the safest option ?

A better idea would be to use the Wirless Cell Address, Which is a Hexadecimal ID that is probably unique to each Access Point.