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 087081382C5 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C00772BC0CF; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-il1-x12e.google.com (mail-il1-x12e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12e]) (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 7E5282BC0C9 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:42:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-il1-x12e.google.com with SMTP id g1so10221083ilk.7 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:42:22 -0800 (PST) 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=EtjKSefD29QNZzR6XexlxKnieUybZcm3h7pi9ZxOjww=; b=GHe+zB8ro7BT3a25sYh9kzZqtkBqfGNo7kqLZKYt534ukKhV0lUOrIaH0zE+Wga5Ok 8SEUVDJtTJbbCWDC98oNbhRCFaIuEoMIsVfi34j7DcFdL3vD4VIuSaQ+8euY2hBL+pzA qMyBdgBpS2PGdRm4029WbagL9/fpqnxIK+VNDKi7Z7dI+Js0jK3TfopKXW0+tYEzQo8t fRX3RDN6E+/phu3JXNGRxYegUU/bCtXLrdmsPVA6x2t4YPXN5tfKEDXTwRjNcvlkiOu+ JXC9T7kGy1jP7v5U2G79Yzqu7MXqZIPNrEX2WWhqkslBB2boxGzw1n4NcfJCFT0t9d3N O+vA== 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=EtjKSefD29QNZzR6XexlxKnieUybZcm3h7pi9ZxOjww=; b=qi7kZ7OGDnjJsjdNENat57WpMUkE3c31Tm1jHT3JUMv1yvPLJyBxi/yO/BbggLo2YJ +u7OsTF1OAJa0w1+IFZTBtLbEBpG9vVrf2uOfMtUo3wOPhNOxJ0aIWaxkCdm0HRR7TQC zI2/focHGssFSY7Eq7PTlZRdED8q3m225mnNF9yhfrHqOhUkZsuAIyYdI3gAyTZ1l+wN RoLkmjDVUeRike/gg3yhpcawJ0waxLH65wG6Tj7GwVDQwPj85rq4GwTyaLQkUPUiMv62 jYTdxIhO6oJLf0SqMGxfivh/KE/XyWJYs/1s4CDV7dW64OiAZp9JiAKvb78v++/9GUft tpYA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533HoL65loWmr7Kp39TmfBk/AxBW8Ml8W46cpSzFY3uUM/AI9Evo ZeoAJ5nTuLrN1DghgGRK4Y+VbZIt0t8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwsvZOwYI+cf2SvHxfQuooK4LIzQ4bF1NKGFnOQz94hdm+xqxnyCf10N9WRFvQrMoHO7qlEWA== X-Received: by 2002:a92:c7c2:: with SMTP id g2mr18373339ilk.300.1608586941559; Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from detroit.csa (cpe-174-97-136-98.wi.res.rr.com. [174.97.136.98]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r8sm13154381ilb.75.2020.12.21.13.42.20 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:42:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4df834e2b73a6f1f0bd599db7fc5bc0e46590a5e.camel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WiFi on old Thinkpad From: "Matt Connell (Gmail)" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:42:19 -0600 In-Reply-To: <5687092.lOV4Wx5bFT@peak> References: <5687092.lOV4Wx5bFT@peak> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.5 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: ee533ca3-e279-48d5-839b-0d4060d88474 X-Archives-Hash: bab5272d1b2f5dddda0ec7e214e8d903 On Mon, 2020-12-21 at 13:21 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Is wpa-supplicant a good idea? That's what the handbook recommends, but I think I remember > something like wicd being better. It depends on your needs. If you're only going to connect to one or two networks, using wpa_supplicant and learning wpa_cli will be managable. The Arch wiki has an excellent step-by-step wpa_cli example. However, if you're travelling from place to place and hopping networks, then you may find that kind of maintenance tedious and opt to use wpa_gui instead. It certainly isn't fancy but it is featureful and user-friendly.