From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AF651382C5 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:24:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64686E0801; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:24:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 094A4E079E for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:24:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 29AC467AB3 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:24:08 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:24:00 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo + wifi Message-ID: <20210322082400.0207d516@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <41754255b56074146706009c0e777d1c6c08ace8.camel@gmail.com> References: <41754255b56074146706009c0e777d1c6c08ace8.camel@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/+HHv54ChIP9j0MKdjVUtyA7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 04eae846-3590-4fd5-ae94-ec6c40adaa3f X-Archives-Hash: e53090540cdb0893d28a0285bcd039d6 --Sig_/+HHv54ChIP9j0MKdjVUtyA7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:41:44 -0500, Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: > However, USB wifi adapters are quite affordable and sufficient for your > use case, in my opinion. There are also PCI wifi cards, which would be neater on a desktop. Both are very cheap, but check what chipset a card uses before buying. Some need third party modules. I prefer Intel-based ones, they "just work". >=20 > > whether I would need to add any packages to my Gentoo system. =20 >=20 > Yes, you will. You'll need to find out what chipset is used by the > adapter you want to add (or already have). Once you have that, you can > enable the appropriate kernel drivers and rebuild, and then you'll need > to install net-wireless/wpa_supplicant to make the actual connection. >=20 > wpa_supplicant can be cumbersome to set up by hand, but the Arch wiki > has a very comprehensive page[1] on how to configure it.=20 > Alternatively, there are GUI tools for managing the configuration (the > aptly named wpa_gui is usually enough; to get this, you need to enable > the qt5 use flag for wpa_supplicant), but if you're connecting to one > network, and never changing the configuration, that might be overkill. There's nothing to stop you installing with the qt5 flag, setting up and then removing the flag, although you won't save much if you have other Qt apps installed. Setting up wifi for the first time can be a bit trial and error, so you will need a wired connection as a fallback to search for help or download software. If possible, get wifi working before you move, most phones have an option to act as a wireless access point, or hotspot, so you could use that to make sure your wireless hardware and software is working before you move. Then you only need to plug in the authentication details at the new location and all should be well. --=20 Neil Bothwick Don't judge a book by its movie. --Sig_/+HHv54ChIP9j0MKdjVUtyA7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAmBYVCAACgkQ92eFu0QS MJho8g/+ODDaQH/f+GqPhs67IDOIsvT8HEoU/dKnMH+NouQPjaVUTTQEpQNPRGkx 4MIHJUCzhzUe3J4X5hLRFdB6n3HRRAFQJqInWwwmOwduMPUOTKIp4Yjbd1MnaD0V DNrFZfY+NUk4jtCwykDLA/S1kqjpCzK8x9IYHm/rM64nn3OS7rOLG5vv3lOJ/OBx zWOrL1qqI9c7Hcg6DA5/BJxC07GRqd6Me8sZkT97Mb4fejFSMuThrXcwbbrgWNyM NKmaLK1Qa8L2nmRjrf3CFm9S5e9iOTklAZ4hWObIzyBjIURfrfxlzbdZIrcZD/Ii 1VGsWeNSHXeHMcwZCGLR72rv+wvbFumARhNocOrGt+relXnzzUuBxUfBrGycj/LU LG6cf2H2rjzql8DSh0y71yZlyMr3Vv7cqGOWhtGafbm92ZtNWRUa0bksfxkoXRER ceUIW88i4oCcbLETqENV5x9P3ogIWX+PUkkYnmqj5H+p9J8UA8WjX6JsKHF+g53a Kc0ocINe4MA/xR+EagYo6bKZLse/5mastiy6tL4p8cKCM+Rr/Re19IHc0+KX6mhf 4k6m8T6HQ6Vz4zDTX4fQT/+JpC/AySQwHgi2E/xRbMIdMGiRaoQ7vmfu/8+WGRy7 T+TaXb72EhuTjKLzJpeMGOYwZZqm8dn50/u5Ivr9xwHD2N+oykY= =sP+j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/+HHv54ChIP9j0MKdjVUtyA7--