On 28 April 2016 at 19:08, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mott...@libero.it> wrote: > Hi, > > Graham Jenkins wrote: >> >> riccardo.mott...@libero.it (Riccardo Mottola) writes: >> >>> >OpenBSD can do it and I love that. I would love that in NetBSD too. >>> >wpa_supplicant can remain for the more complex cases, but get the BSD >>> >simplicity back. >> >> If it were just the command, it would be easy. But OpenBSD >> integrated part of the wpa_supplicant functionality into their >> wifi stack in the kernel. > > interesting: I didn't know that. Is it a good idea? apart... the convenience > of course I think about stability, security, etc. I suppose there are more > complex scenarios where wpa_supplicant has its uses, like automatic network > detection, switch, etc. Usually OpenBSD guys are quite careful. > > On the other hand, it is wondefully convenient and you can connect to a new > network easily... without configuring a file, starting a program, etc etc.
A possible variation might be to allow an ifconfig syntax which starts wpa_supplicant with the supplied values...
