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wisemonkey
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've kept the topic open, since currently I'm using 2 step process: 1. Connect, 2. get IP and wanted to see if I can let any one of these tools handle it automatically.

If wpa_supplicant can't handle getting IP over dhcp then this thread should be closed as resolved.

Thanks :)
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wisemonkey wrote:
If wpa_supplicant can't handle getting IP over dhcp then this thread should be closed as resolved.

wisemonkey ... from your previous it looks like you are running wpa_supplicant from /etc/init.d and not via /etc/init.d/net.${IFACE} ... for this reason dhcpcd isn't started as its not configured to do so.

The following is an example of how it migh be configured via /etc/conf.d/net

Code:
modules_wlan0="!plug wpa_supplicant dhcpcd"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dnl80211 -qq"
wpa_timeout_wlan0="15"
config_wlan0="dhcp"
enable_ipv6_wlan0="false"

This informs /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 to use wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd to configure the interface, wpa_supplicant is passed '-Dnl80211' as the driver and '-qq' (quiet). With such a configuration when /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 is started wpa_supplicant will be also, and dhcpcd will be started subsequently to aquire an IP address.

The fact that there is a /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant is perhaps a source of confusion, as net.${IFACE} can be configured to start wpa_supplicant on the interface via /etc/conf.d/net.

HTH & best ... khay
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you coose to follow khay's excellent advice you will need to remake /etc/init.d/net.wlan0, to do so:
Code:
ln -s cd /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0
get rid of wicd and networkmanager
Code:
emerge -C wicd networkmanager
clean up runlevels, if you get responses indicating specific actions were already accomplished, that's fine
Code:
rc-update del wicd
rc-update del dhcpcd
rc-update del networkmanager
rc-update del wpa_supplicant
rc-update add net.lo  boot
rc-update add net.wlan0 default[

edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf to include
Quote:
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
ap_scan=0
update_config=1

reboot to your desktop and use wpa_gui to setup your network.

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wpa_supplicant refers
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DONAHUE wrote:
if you coose to follow khay's excellent advice you will need to remake /etc/init.d/net.wlan0, to do so:
Code:
ln -s cd /etc/init.d/net..lo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0
get rid of wicd and networkmanager
Code:
emerge -C wicd networkmanager
clean up runlevels, if you get responses indicating specific actions were already accomplished, that's fine
Code:
rc-update del wicd
rc-update del dhcpcd
rc-update del networkmanager
rc-update del wpa_supplicant
rc-update add net.lo  boot
rc-update add net.wlan0 default[

edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf to include
Quote:
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
ap_scan=0
update_config=1

reboot to your desktop and use wpa_gui to setup your network.

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wpa_supplicant refers


Thanks got it working :)
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