On Mon 05 Dec 2016 at 12:29:17 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2016 at 12:31:41AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > Hello the list! > > > > > > I'm somewhat aware of systemd-networkd, and I know that it is super-easy > > to set up a DHCP-based wired ethernet connection that way, and I also > > know it is possible to do so with a WiFi connection too -- but I > > strongly suspect that is not the "Debian way". > > > It is "one way" to set up your network. > I would argue based on your description is one of the better ways to do it. > > Though we have some members of the purity police around here, there is no > high priest who defines the "right" way.
Hello, hello, hello. Evening all. What is it we have here? Somebody not using network-manager? A word in your King Lear, sonny boy.... > > The WiFi connection is secured with a password, and my access point is > > also a DHCP server. I'm expecting to use DHCP to get an IP address as I > > do with all other machines on my network. > > > > All my past Debian experience of setting up WiFi is pre-systemd / > > pre-stretch, and a long time in my past so I have forgotten more than I > > ever knew :) Outside Debian, I've done it on LFS using systemd-networkd > > -- I know that can be made to work but it doesn't seem very Debianesque > > to me. > > > > Any suggestions on what I should do to set this up? > > Go Systemd-networkd, it works great! So does connman; systemd-networkd borrowed a few ideas from it. But what about our old favorite - ifupdown? -- Brian.
