> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Spidey / Claudio <spide...@gmail.com> > Between the Gentoo Handbook and Google > (... )I didn't even know there was a better way of managing wireless networks!
This is exactly the problem. I'm working on rewriting the Handbook's page on setting up wifi, but I'm going to need some time to get into the Live-Environments to test that my new version works :P I'll post a draft here & would appreciate comments before I submit the bug report. On 26 September 2011 15:51, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On the other hand reading through the examples/comments for > /etc/conf.d/net and wpa_supplicant.conf takes the whole of 10-20 > minutes. I absolutely disagree with this - while editing /etc/conf.d/net is fine, wpa_supplicant.conf requires a pretty solid understanding of both the network that you're trying to connect to, and the various protocols/encryption mechanisms available. Back when I was first trying to get wireless working on my systems, it was a major stumbling block. The gentoo install is pretty tough going for the average new user, with a lot of separate areas of new competence without getting into wireless (assuming that they have a reasonable understanding of computing to start). An additional 10-20 minutes of user intervention is quite significant overhead. JB
