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 2BAE71382C5 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 39F6EE08F2; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 879E9E0843 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:08:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07BD92EA014 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JYT6TtuJO-s2 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 02:50:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-45-58-213-236.dyn.295.ca [45.58.213.236]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A5F142EA084 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 03:08:18 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo + wifi Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <41754255b56074146706009c0e777d1c6c08ace8.camel@gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41754255b56074146706009c0e777d1c6c08ace8.camel@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: eb2bc799-4f98-4c80-a573-a640f013f60a X-Archives-Hash: 5edc47bfb1f63ac764a5c3a3c2c1d2a2 210321 Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote: > On Sun, 2021-03-21 at 21:25 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> my question is, 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. I built the machine in 2015 & it doesn't have an integrated Wifi chip. I plan to built a new machine in Autumn 2021, so it looks as if I wb best simply transfering my present set-up to my new place & exploring the possibilities of Wifi after I've got organised there. >> & 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. Once you have that, > you can enable the appropriate kernel drivers and rebuild, > 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 1 network and never changing the configuration, > that mb overkill. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wpa_supplicant Thanks for your very clear, prompt & comprehensive explanation (big smile). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca