On Wednesday 28 November 2012 14:48:05 Chris Staub wrote: > If you're just using WEP, then you don't really need anything other than > wireless_tools. Of course you also want dhcpcd if you're connecting via > dhcp, but that's actually separate from the wireless settings. Just > install wireless_tools (see BLFS) and type "iwconfig [wlan0] essid > [SSIDof_your_router] enc [encryption_key]" before bringing up your > network connection - and maybe add that to your network startup script.
I am using wpa, so I was generalising wep and wpa, that is the reason for supplicant. You are right, your instructions are OK for a communication. However, Dave wanted to use WICD, what gives more elasticity in running in different places with different encryptions. I hope, I am not wrong. To my experience, WICD is a great tool. Edgar -- Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <edgaralw...@gmx.de> GPG Key ID:AD5C6F70 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
