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indietrash
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 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject: wpa_supplicant - HOWTO? |
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how do you actually use wpa_supplicant?
I have emerged it and edited /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf like so:
| Code: | # The below line not be changed otherwise we refuse to work
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
# Ensure that only root can read the WPA configuration
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
# Let wpa_supplicant take care of scanning and AP selection
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="Kaninslakt"
#psk="mypassphrase
psk=mypassphrase
}
network={
ssid="HiN"
key_mgmt=NONE
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and /etc/conf.d/net like so:
| Code: | | wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Diwlagn" |
but what now? how do I use this? |
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noice
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| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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you have to configure /etc/conf.d/net..
it's mine: (i don't use dhcp)
| Code: | config_wlan0=( "192.168.1.7 netmask 255.255.255.0" )
routes_wlan0=( "default via 192.168.1.1" )
modules_wlan0=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
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and | Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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For a dhcp connection :
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#WPA_SUPPLICANT
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
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pappy_mcfae
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:21 am Post subject: |
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wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Diwlagn"is incorrect. There is only one way to setup wpa_supplicant in /etc/conf.d/net: | Code: | | wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" |
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Any other interface declaration will fail!
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indietrash
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| d2_racing wrote: | For a dhcp connection :
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#WPA_SUPPLICANT
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
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where does this go? in /etc/conf.d/net? and how do I use any of it? as in - how do I proceed to get my wlan0 interface on net? |
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bonzai.it
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indietrash
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: |
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that doesn't really explain anything. it's a horrible document.
I don't use a desktop environment, but Network Manager is desktop environment independent.. I absolutely despise Network Manager. it has never given me anything but trouble. I'll give it a go though, and see if it serves me better now than it has done in the past. |
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bloedie
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indietrash
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| wireless-tools don't do wpa. |
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noice
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| indietrash wrote: | | d2_racing wrote: | For a dhcp connection :
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#WPA_SUPPLICANT
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
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where does this go? in /etc/conf.d/net? and how do I use any of it? as in - how do I proceed to get my wlan0 interface on net? |
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bonzai.it
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| indietrash wrote: | | where does this go? in /etc/conf.d/net? and how do I use any of it? as in - how do I proceed to get my wlan0 interface on net? |
As stated in the orrible document  you should add some general config info in /etc/init,d/net as those d2_racing provide you then set specific ESSID settings in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.
| indietrash wrote: | | Code: | network={
ssid="Kaninslakt"
#psk="mypassphrase
psk=mypassphrase
} |
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This should work with WPA
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Before we do the setup, we should check if his wireless card can find something 
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# ifconfig -a
# iwconfig
# iwlist scan
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pigeon768
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | pigeon@eee ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/net
# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
pigeon@eee ~ $ sudo grep -v psk /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf|grep -v \#
network={
ssid="leave_me_alone"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
priority=10
}
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
}
pigeon@eee ~ $ |
There is, of course, a 'psk=<64 character hex passphrase>' line, but I chose not to share it. As you can see, my /etc/conf.d/net file is completely blank. You don't need it if you're using dhcp to get an ip address. You just need to ensure that /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 exists and is a symlink to /etc/init.d/net.lo
Note that you will either have: | Code: | psk="up to 63 character [a-zA-Z0-9] passphrase"
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psk=64 character [0-9a-fA-F] passphrase |
Note the quotes. |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you sure that you don't need to tell net.lo that you actually use wpa_supplicant instead of iwconfig ? |
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sera
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| d2_racing wrote: | | Are you sure that you don't need to tell net.lo that you actually use wpa_supplicant instead of iwconfig ? |
If you do not install net-wireless/wireless-tools this might just work. Maybe the default order changed as well but I have no baselayout1 system with wlan anymore to test this. |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, but the best way is to actually configure it inside /etc/conf.d/net instead of hoping that the script will handle it. |
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sera
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| d2_racing wrote: | | Ok, but the best way is to actually configure it inside /etc/conf.d/net instead of hoping that the script will handle it. |
We have seen many examples where an old "more configured" xorg.conf or hal policy broke things. I tend to only edit config files if necessary and only by the minimum required to get things working. I guess everyone has to decide this on his own. |
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pigeon768
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| sera wrote: | | d2_racing wrote: | | Are you sure that you don't need to tell net.lo that you actually use wpa_supplicant instead of iwconfig ? |
If you do not install net-wireless/wireless-tools this might just work. Maybe the default order changed as well but I have no baselayout1 system with wlan anymore to test this. |
| Code: | pigeon@eee ~ $ eix wireless-tools;cat /etc/conf.d/net;sudo ifconfig
[I] net-wireless/wireless-tools
Available versions: 29 [M](~)30_pre6 [M](~)30_pre7 [M](~)30_pre8 {linguas_cs linguas_fr multicall nls}
Installed versions: 29(12:39:18 10/11/09)(nls -multicall)
Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
Description: A collection of tools to configure IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN cards
# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:54:45:57:85
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:27
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1111864 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:1111864 (1.0 MiB)
ra0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:43:25:a3:fb
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:63407384 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:937394 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2739010260 (2.5 GiB) TX bytes:261753746 (249.6 MiB)
Interrupt:19
pigeon@eee ~ $ |
You do not need /etc/conf.d/net even if wireless-tools is installed. If you have installed wpa_supplicant, openrc assumes you intend to use it. And yes, I'm sure, because that's how my system is set up. Note that I'm using baselayout-2. I have no idea if the same setup would work in baselayout-1, but I'd be surprised if it didn't. I don't ever remember having to configure /etc/conf.d/net except for systems with a static IPs.
indietrash - does it work? If it doesn't, what error message does it give? |
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sera
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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With baselayout2 /etc/conf.d/net together with /etc/init.d/net.lo shouldn't be used anymore as they both got deprecated with the newest openrc release. Also the now deprecated net.lo script for baselayout2 differs from the one for baselayout1.
The most complete resource for new style networking I've seen so far is located at http://www.gentoo-quebec.org/wiki/index.php/500-Entretien:Migration_vers_openrc_0.5.x_Gentoo It's in French so. |
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pappy_mcfae
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: |
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You can find the english version here. I wrote it, Gentoo Quebec translated and edited it.
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sera
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:12 am Post subject: |
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This thread contains a lot of things which are wrong or just badly formulated. Also it is missing a few things and splits the needed info to get a grasp of the concept over the hole thread.
Better use a translatinon by google of the document at gentoo-quebec. |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| And if the translation is not great, I can help you with that |
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