On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 04:03:08PM +0100, Mick wrote
> For PCs you don't typically need anything more than the default Gentoo
> scripts, but for a laptop wicd, networkmanager and the like will do
> exactly what you need with no perceptible overhead and the benefit of
> notifications for when things start bobbing up and down.
> If you already have installed wpa_supplicant I recommend running
> wpa_gui and enabling disabling any interfaces you care to associate
> with. Then leave it running in the tooltray for quick access and
> notifications.
I've got hal and dbus masked out (pam too), so wicd and networkmanager
are out of the question. wpa_gui is a Qt frontend to wpa_cli. The qt4
*TARBALL* is approx 150 megabytes. Disk space is not the problem, but
loading unnecessary libs on an underpowered memory-constrained netbook
is an issue. Besides, I can always...
[aa1][root][~] modprobe ath5k
[aa1][root][~] /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart
* Stopping wlan0
* Bringing down wlan0
* Shutting down wlan0 ... [ ok ]
* Stopping wpa_cli on wlan0 ... [ ok ]
* Stopping wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... [ ok ]
* Starting wlan0
* Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... [ !! ]
[aa1][root][~] iwconfig wlan0 essid example channel auto
[aa1][root][~] ifconfig wlan0 up
[aa1][root][~] iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID
ESSID:"KGB zone** keep OFF**"
ESSID:"BELL140"
ESSID:"MyLinksys"
ESSID:"BELL325"
ESSID:"charmins family network 20"
ESSID:"and"
ESSID:"linksys"
ESSID:"default"
ESSID:"Kooshman"
ESSID:"SONA2"
ESSID:"BELL628"
ESSID:"MyDlink"
ESSID:"A7770"
Fortunately, I'm an honest guy, and I choose to confine my "testing of
open system access" to places like the Toronto Public Library, where
they advertise it... http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spe_ser_wir.jsp
A little bit of scripting, plus appropriate entries in /etc/sudoers, and
I'm all set.
--
Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
