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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] WPA2 connection configuration?
From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>
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On Sep 27, 2011 9:57 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2011 9:51 AM, <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman <
paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Or skip the net config/init scripts stuff and just use something
like wicd.
> > >
> > > Getting a manager to write your wpa_supplicant.conf for you (in
> > > effect), has been the right way of configuring wifi for the average
> > > user for years now. It's a real shame that this isn't promoted more in
> > > the gentoo handbook and/or the Wifi guide.
> > >
> > > I added a patch to the wifi guide a while back, but I really find the
> > > gentoo documentation workflow so over-burdening that I usually work on
> > > gentoo-wiki instead. It's pretty dispiriting to see people using
> > > troublesome tools when there's better ways out there :(
> >
> > If I am correct, wic only works if you have gnome -- what if you have a
> > server or a computer without gnome or kde?
> >
>
> The homepage says that a GUI is not needed, one can use wicd-curses to
manage things interactively.
>
> That said, servers really shouldn't have any wlan* interface. Especially
enterprise-y ones.
>
> For servers, init.d hacking should be more suitable.
Ah yes, the Gentoo handbook explicitly states:
Note: wicd offers a command line utility in addition to the main graphical
interface. You can get it by emerging wicd with the ncurses USE flag set.
This wicd-curses utility is particularly useful for folks who don't use a
gtk-based desktop environment, but still want an easy command line tool that
doesn't require hand-editing configuration files.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4
Rgds,
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<p><br>
On Sep 27, 2011 9:57 AM, "Pandu Poluan" <<a href=3D"mailto:pan=
du@poluan.info">pandu@poluan.info</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sep 27, 2011 9:51 AM, <<a href=3D"mailto:covici@ccs.covici.com">=
covici@ccs.covici.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > James Broadhead <<a href=3D"mailto:jamesbroadhead@gmail.com">j=
amesbroadhead@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > On 26 September 2011 03:19, Paul Hartman <<a href=3D"mail=
to:paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@gmail.com">paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com</a>> w=
rote:<br>
> > > > Or skip the net config/init scripts stuff and just use =
something like wicd.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Getting a manager to write your wpa_supplicant.conf for you =
(in<br>
> > > effect), has been the right way of configuring wifi for the =
average<br>
> > > user for years now. It's a real shame that this isn'=
t promoted more in<br>
> > > the gentoo handbook and/or the Wifi guide.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I added a patch to the wifi guide a while back, but I really=
find the<br>
> > > gentoo documentation workflow so over-burdening that I usual=
ly work on<br>
> > > gentoo-wiki instead. It's pretty dispiriting to see peop=
le using<br>
> > > troublesome tools when there's better ways out there :(<=
br>
> ><br>
> > If I am correct, wic only works if you have gnome -- what if you =
have a<br>
> > server or a computer without gnome or kde?<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> The homepage says that a GUI is not needed, one can use wicd-curses to=
manage things interactively.<br>
><br>
> That said, servers really shouldn't have any wlan* interface. Espe=
cially enterprise-y ones.<br>
><br>
> For servers, init.d hacking should be more suitable.</p>
<p>Ah yes, the Gentoo handbook explicitly states:</p>
<p>Note: wicd offers a command line utility in addition to the main graphic=
al interface. You can get it by emerging wicd with the ncurses USE flag set=
. This wicd-curses utility is particularly useful for folks who don't u=
se a gtk-based desktop environment, but still want an easy command line too=
l that doesn't require hand-editing configuration files.</p>
<p><a href=3D"http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=
=3D4&chap=3D4">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?p=
art=3D4&chap=3D4</a></p>
<p>Rgds,<br>
</p>
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