Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I use a little program called wifiroamd:
Name: wifiroamdRelocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.15 Vendor: duckland.org
Release : 1.fc10Build Date: Sat 18 Apr 2009
05:34:20 AM CST
Install Date: Sat 18 Apr 2009 05:35:09 AM CST Build Host:
loki.home.duckland.org
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wifiroamd-1.15-1.fc10.src.rpm
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Packager: duckland.org
URL : http://www.tummy.com/Community/software/wifiroamd/
Summary : Automatic WiFi connection (re)establishment daemon
Description :
WiFiRoamd is a program that monitors your wireless device to keep it
connected to a good access point. It will scan looking for a known AP, or
will try the AP with the strongest un-encrypted signal. If a script is
found for the specific AP ESSID or MAC address is found, that script is
run. Otherwise, a "default" script is run.
After that script is run, scripts in the "up.d" directory are run. These
implement extra functionality such as DHCP, ESSID "pinning" (where it
explicitly does "iwconfig $DEVICE essid $ESSID", so that you don't
accidentally wander to another AP) and other local things such as
restarting OpenVPN, etc.
Don
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 06:31:43PM -0400, Ammar James wrote to To dwm mail list:
> here is what i do:
> fire up urxvt:
> # iwlist wlan0 scan
> # iwconfig wlan0 essid NameOfWirelessNetwork key foobar123 #ap {MAC
> address} (optional)
> # iwconfig #just to see if it worked.
> # dhcpcd -d wlan0 #-d flag stands for debug, but its really
> analogous to --verbose
> # firefox & #if all goes well.
> hope that helps.
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:
> > Yea, thanks Niki!
> > -lee
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Niki Yoshiuchi wrote:
> >> I can send you my wpa_supplicant.conf plus some scripts I wrote if you
> >> want. I don't have them at work but I can get them to you in a couple of
> >> hours.
> >> They could probably use some work, but you should get the basic idea.
> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay wrote:
> >>> > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless.
> >>> > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant
> >>> > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured
> >>> > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward
> >>> > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases.
> >>> Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant?
> >>> The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power
> >>> plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch.
> >>> -lee
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Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
here is what i do:
fire up urxvt:
# iwlist wlan0 scan
# iwconfig wlan0 essid NameOfWirelessNetwork key foobar123 #ap {MAC
address} (optional)
# iwconfig #just to see if it worked.
# dhcpcd -d wlan0 #-d flag stands for debug, but its really
analogous to --verbose
# firefox & #if all goes well.
hope that helps.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:
> Yea, thanks Niki!
>
> -lee
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Niki Yoshiuchi wrote:
>> I can send you my wpa_supplicant.conf plus some scripts I wrote if you
>> want. I don't have them at work but I can get them to you in a couple of
>> hours.
>>
>> They could probably use some work, but you should get the basic idea.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay wrote:
>>> > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless.
>>> >
>>> > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant
>>> > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured
>>> > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward
>>> > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases.
>>>
>>> Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant?
>>> The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power
>>> plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch.
>>>
>>> -lee
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
Yea, thanks Niki! -lee On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Niki Yoshiuchi wrote: > I can send you my wpa_supplicant.conf plus some scripts I wrote if you > want. I don't have them at work but I can get them to you in a couple of > hours. > > They could probably use some work, but you should get the basic idea. > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay wrote: >> > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless. >> > >> > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant >> > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured >> > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward >> > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases. >> >> Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant? >> The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power >> plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch. >> >> -lee >> > >
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:47:25 -0500 Kurt H Maier wrote: > I wrote a script[1] that uses dmenu to present local wifi networks, > and ask for a wep key. Shouldn't be too hard to extend to wpa etc. > > 1 - http://madleet.net/wifiselect.sh.html Thanks to all. Really helped me to setup a system for the wireless!
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I actually meant exactly ifconfig and dhclient (and wpa_supplicant).
On FreeBSD, this is what I'm using (no iwconfig available...)
in /etc/rc.conf add:
ifconfig_ndis0="ssid bssid WPA DHCP"
in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf add:
network={
ssid=""
psk=""
}
L.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Antoni Grzymala wrote:
> Lorenzo Bolla dixit (2009-04-20, 15:07):
>
> > ifconfig and dhclient?
>
> Those two don't really deal with the wireless layer of 802.11 (though
> ifconfig does in some OS'es to an extent).
>
> --
> [a]
>
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
The wpa_supplicant.conf that comes with the package is really
descriptive. I just edited it to suit and added the wpa_supplicant init
script provided with my distro to the default runlevel.
Here's my my wpa_supplicant.conf:
---
# this lets me run wpa_cli
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
# scan for networks (my wifi doesnt scan
# well itself, this forces wpa_supp to do it)
ap_scan=1
# networks
# wpa connection
network={
ssid="snickers"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
psk="mypassphrase"
}
# my school's wireless
# (unencrypted, ssid not broadcasted)
network={
ssid="nomad"
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=1
}
# default linksys
network={
ssid="linksys"
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=10
}
# straight from the example file...
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-999
}
---
Jeremy
On Mon 20 Apr 2009 - 02:04PM, Lee Azzarello wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay wrote:
> > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless.
> >
> > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant
> > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured
> > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward
> > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases.
>
> Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant?
> The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power
> plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch.
>
> -lee
>
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I can send you my wpa_supplicant.conf plus some scripts I wrote if you want. I don't have them at work but I can get them to you in a couple of hours. They could probably use some work, but you should get the basic idea. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Lee Azzarello wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay wrote: > > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless. > > > > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant > > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured > > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward > > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases. > > Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant? > The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power > plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch. > > -lee > >
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay wrote: > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless. > > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases. Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant? The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch. -lee
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
Hi, I use a homemade extension I made of the Ian Daniher wifi script: http://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0901/7282.html This wifi script parses a csv file containing the configurations of frequent networks. (example csv file attached) It uses iwlist, iwconfig, ifconfig, dhclient and wpa_supplicant commands to manage the connections. It can be called passing to it a "profile name" as parameter. If called without parameter a list of the profiles on the file.csv will be presented for choosing. In this list those profiles whose networks are in range will be marked with a "*". The last option of the list will be always "OPEN_NETWORKS", which will present another list with the Open Networks in range ordered by signal quality and allowing to connect to them in "dhclient mode". Although the original Ian script used dmenu as interface for the selection of profiles this one uses only stdout in order to not have such dependency. Before using it the constants of the beginning (WIFILE,WIFACE,DNS1,DNS2) must be set. I apologize for the bad state of the code. I just wrote it for myself without the intention to publish it until I have seen this thread. It could be, for sure, arranged and refactorized (just see the "perl -e" command embedded xD). If someone interested on the script is not able to understand or to modify it don't hesitate to contact me for help. Kind Regards, Delta On 2009-04-20, 10:47 Kurt H Maier ([email protected]) wrote: > I wrote a script[1] that uses dmenu to present local wifi networks, > and ask for a wep key. Shouldn't be too hard to extend to wpa etc. > > 1 - http://madleet.net/wifiselect.sh.html > > # Kurt H Maier > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:14 AM, pmarin wrote: > > I use two naïve scripts, two files and an alias: > > > > #wep connect to a wep wifi > > #! /bin/sh > > > > key="`grep $1 /home/pmarin/wep | cut -d' ' -f2`" > > sudo ifconfig wlan0 up > > sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid $1 > > sudo iwconfig wlan0 key s:$key > > sudo dhclient wlan0 > > #end > > > > The wep is a plain file with to columms > > > > essid key > > > > #wpa connect to a wpa wifi > > #! /bin/sh > > > > sudo ifconfig wlan0 up > > sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid $1 > > sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/home/pmarin/wpa -B > > sudo dhclient wlan0 > > #end > > > > the wpa file is similar than /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > > > > #wscan > > It is an csh alias: > > alias wscan 'sudo iwlist wlan0 scan' > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Preben Randhol wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At > >> home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless > >> when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is > >> that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no > >> version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows > >> any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a > >> wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I > >> have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, > >> but I would prefer not to. > >> > >> At the moment I have to use xfce4 to get up the wireless. > >> > >> I'm asking here as I guess you have more experience with this than me and > >> can point me in the right direction. > >> > >> Thanks in advance > >> > >> Preben > >> > >> > >> > > > > > #ProfileName,ESSID,[WEPKey],[WPAConfLocation],[BSSID],Channel,[IP],[Gateway],[Netmask] Home,Livebox-XX,12:34:56:AB:CD,,00:11:22:33:44:55,10,dhcp Work,SecondFloorNet,off,,,10,dhcp Holidays,Dlink_1234,,/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf,,9,192.168.1.13,192.168.1.1,255.255.255.0 wifi Description: Binary data
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I wrote a script[1] that uses dmenu to present local wifi networks, and ask for a wep key. Shouldn't be too hard to extend to wpa etc. 1 - http://madleet.net/wifiselect.sh.html # Kurt H Maier On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:14 AM, pmarin wrote: > I use two naïve scripts, two files and an alias: > > #wep connect to a wep wifi > #! /bin/sh > > key="`grep $1 /home/pmarin/wep | cut -d' ' -f2`" > sudo ifconfig wlan0 up > sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid $1 > sudo iwconfig wlan0 key s:$key > sudo dhclient wlan0 > #end > > The wep is a plain file with to columms > > essid key > > #wpa connect to a wpa wifi > #! /bin/sh > > sudo ifconfig wlan0 up > sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid $1 > sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/home/pmarin/wpa -B > sudo dhclient wlan0 > #end > > the wpa file is similar than /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > > #wscan > It is an csh alias: > alias wscan 'sudo iwlist wlan0 scan' > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Preben Randhol wrote: >> Hi >> >> This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At >> home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless >> when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is >> that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no >> version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows >> any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a >> wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I >> have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, >> but I would prefer not to. >> >> At the moment I have to use xfce4 to get up the wireless. >> >> I'm asking here as I guess you have more experience with this than me and >> can point me in the right direction. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Preben >> >> >> > >
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I use two naïve scripts, two files and an alias: #wep connect to a wep wifi #! /bin/sh key="`grep $1 /home/pmarin/wep | cut -d' ' -f2`" sudo ifconfig wlan0 up sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid $1 sudo iwconfig wlan0 key s:$key sudo dhclient wlan0 #end The wep is a plain file with to columms essid key #wpa connect to a wpa wifi #! /bin/sh sudo ifconfig wlan0 up sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid $1 sudo wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/home/pmarin/wpa -B sudo dhclient wlan0 #end the wpa file is similar than /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf #wscan It is an csh alias: alias wscan 'sudo iwlist wlan0 scan' On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Preben Randhol wrote: > Hi > > This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At > home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless > when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is > that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no > version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows > any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a > wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I > have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, > but I would prefer not to. > > At the moment I have to use xfce4 to get up the wireless. > > I'm asking here as I guess you have more experience with this than me and > can point me in the right direction. > > Thanks in advance > > Preben > > >
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
On Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 03:07:57PM +0100, Lorenzo Bolla wrote: > ifconfig and dhclient? indeed wicd has a client/server architecture, suppose one could roll ncurses client http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/trunk/annotate/head%3A/wicd/wicd-daemon.py personally i dont have dbus daemon or python so...
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
2009/4/20 Preben Randhol : > Hi > > This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At > home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless > when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is > that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no > version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows > any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a > wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I > have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, > but I would prefer not to. > > At the moment I have to use xfce4 to get up the wireless. > > I'm asking here as I guess you have more experience with this than me and > can point me in the right direction. > > Thanks in advance > > Preben > I use wicd with wicd-client --no-tray, works pretty good. -- Daniel
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I'm using netcfg which comes with archlinux. It's a set of shellscripts and works fine for me. I wrote a small dmenu frontend. 2009/4/20, markus schnalke : > [2009-04-20 16:29] Antoni Grzymala > > > Lorenzo Bolla dixit (2009-04-20, 15:07): > > > > > ifconfig and dhclient? > > > > Those two don't really deal with the wireless layer of 802.11 (though > > ifconfig does in some OS'es to an extent). > > > He probably meant: iwconfig and dhclient > ^ > ... as do I use. > > > meillo > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFJ7Ihc6aFpZ+X9qBIRAtG/AJ9pBEaqEEafLZLWy8rCB13MpLswGwCgiwAd > 0lHa5YtAZ+gSk7zlfRVdXCY= > =5CEX > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > -- http://gnuffy.chaotika.org - Real Community Distro
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless. But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases. Jeremy On Mon 20 Apr 2009 - 03:52PM, Preben Randhol wrote: > Hi > > This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At > home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless > when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is > that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no > version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows > any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a > wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I > have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, > but I would prefer not to. > > At the moment I have to use xfce4 to get up the wireless. > > I'm asking here as I guess you have more experience with this than me and > can point me in the right direction. > > Thanks in advance > > Preben > >
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
[2009-04-20 16:29] Antoni Grzymala > Lorenzo Bolla dixit (2009-04-20, 15:07): > > > ifconfig and dhclient? > > Those two don't really deal with the wireless layer of 802.11 (though > ifconfig does in some OS'es to an extent). He probably meant: iwconfig and dhclient ^ ... as do I use. meillo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
Lorenzo Bolla dixit (2009-04-20, 15:07): > ifconfig and dhclient? Those two don't really deal with the wireless layer of 802.11 (though ifconfig does in some OS'es to an extent). -- [a] pgpWqdxUrlr8y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
ifconfig and dhclient? On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Preben Randhol wrote: > Hi > > This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At > home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless > when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is > that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no > version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows > any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a > wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I > have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, > but I would prefer not to. > > At the moment I have to use xfce4 to get up the wireless. > > I'm asking here as I guess you have more experience with this than me and > can point me in the right direction. > > Thanks in advance > > Preben > > >
Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm
Preben Randhol dixit (2009-04-20, 15:52): > This is somewhat off-topic. I'm totally new to using wireless network. At > home everything is wired, but i have sometimes the need to use wireless > when traveling. Now I have an Asus Eee so I can connect. Only problem is > that the gui tool of xfce4 (or gnome) runs like applets and there are no > version that is not an applet it seems. So I was wondering if any knows > any good software/resources to be used with dwm to choose and bring up a > wireless network. I guess one can make some scripts using the iw tools? I > have heard one can install a program called trayer to get up the applets, > but I would prefer not to. I have a static wpa_supplicant.conf for the wireless networks I frequently visit so I connect to them automatically whenever they are in range and I try to use wpa_cli manually to connect to other networks when roaming (which doesn't happen often). I kinda vaguely remember someone writing a set of scripts (using dmenu perhaps) to list and connect to available networks. If they don't exist then you could go about writing them yourself using above tools. Best, -- [a] pgpIbDCncxaFM.pgp Description: PGP signature
