rocon...@theorem.ca wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Alexander Foremny wrote: > >> It is true that you have to reconfigure your system every time you add a >> *new* wireless network you want to connect to, specifically you have to >> reconfigure every time you change /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and want to >> make the changes active. However, once configured wpa_supplicant will >> take care of getting you connected automagically. >> >> It is really much less painful as I think you are assuming. >> >> I set up a preliminary Wiki page to help getting you and other users >> started. >> >> https://nixos.org/wiki/Wireless_networking > > Why isn't wpa_supplicant.conf managed by NixOS? Because it contains passwords. > Your tutorial doesn't talk about how to scan for wireless networks to find > the SSID that you want. sudo iwlist scan > > All in all, your tutorial has convinced me that using wpa_supplicant is as > painful as I was assuming. > P.S.: I hope that I'll have some time to add NetworkManager nixos service. -- Yury G. Kudryashov, mailto: ur...@mccme.ru
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