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 BC60D1382C5 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:41:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70EB2E08A8; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:41:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-io1-xd2a.google.com (mail-io1-xd2a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2a]) (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 C84E4E081A for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:41:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-io1-xd2a.google.com with SMTP id f19so12467058ion.3 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:41:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rziwVRCpPNVvbp5UUp6l1J+M0Iuf+kATrcSeexPtiiM=; b=hPRX6RvIsTpRHdvkoF03XFT7Gh05x47RPqoW64kM25HPGHfvr/94bQOhM1thVUBf3K z1AzrG0kmPBPErUbU1njN2cDrfcuxMz5WjJ+gZ3kByVxaEkB++UbkJAHuozCbJbCpcAY TJCk/Cq26hMz1+j7yLlzTIiO+xtBSRNOGmLWQuHE7rTkQ/FceCDTu4mssGKwS8b5ejaU dyfrxWY0m4x+yGJ9Vu+WOwHcOy7iwTfDCCHpKwRNJAtTcdJnlDOBOKZQq7YbhO+i4WGS Yaf/JnoW+vRG+1+IvPRGVFg35ZlcsQ0pq4IXZaij3Zl3mGBSSeKK/rqODuNex4Jx6EG5 +2aA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rziwVRCpPNVvbp5UUp6l1J+M0Iuf+kATrcSeexPtiiM=; b=QomStR7mOmmK7Ez1U6Ub4h/B8xR5x1L4QYSs7NaobjuGqmhv+HMcu3bQ4lf1C28Seg UED02FFwS3aHkjypizLTTfl7Lby+IU2gF7AHe1ONqwkJOzvShNaZ2bbQeuSnBia4co5o 89XNhLbc881OMVf4kc5z+ZkoeE/UoJ7A1HiE76chFKaqTQ1k2nhlPi81U2A7yKXgyv+g jsTOJFC0SpAf9iQEytNwsounlqXUALEepg7bKthlRR7jq7zs9/4TIcc4eYIBdz2Vs3aC I0dRmWn8WKuYVINO36e1/yV0kDesOsuERgcxeqqUulA2CSSIkCEaLQ66ToyM6uB9cSt4 8Heg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530npg542I/WXPCQJS93LRZ3L0pZY76ovGV0KxGb16F51EGpqaEB 7UV50LOJXBqOiOZJHdIWRqCpNrv247c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyvkhQP3l0bPsN7H2eKhRg77XZLvxnaaLcvOL/3rGzcvxfs8K0pYZ3g6g0ii5IkKpuopj4ePw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6602:1689:: with SMTP id s9mr9103584iow.171.1616384506313; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from detroit.csa (cpe-174-97-136-98.wi.res.rr.com. [174.97.136.98]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r5sm6953310ilb.75.2021.03.21.20.41.45 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:41:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <41754255b56074146706009c0e777d1c6c08ace8.camel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo + wifi From: "Matt Connell (Gmail)" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:41:44 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.38.4 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 48ce9a31-756e-43cf-b88d-96cc5892490a X-Archives-Hash: d0e18e2ec72da779329f7712537421f4 On Sun, 2021-03-21 at 21:25 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > if I use the Wifi services, is whether I would need to add hardware to my machine It depends on if your motherboard has an integrated Wifi chip or not. If it does not have an external connector for an antenna, it probably doesn't have the hardware. However, USB wifi adapters are quite affordable and sufficient for your use case, in my opinion. > whether I would need to add any packages to my Gentoo system. 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. 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. 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. 1: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wpa_supplicant