Re: [PLUG] Configuring a laptop for only wireless

2022-03-03 Thread King Beowulf
On 3/3/22 14:31, Rich Shepard wrote: > I assume that configuring a laptop for only wireless networking the Ethernet > configuration should be set for DHCP and all ethX ports left blank. Then > iwconfig is used (with wpa-supplement) to configure wlan0. > > Have I missed anything? > > Rich You don't

Re: [PLUG] Configuring a laptop for only wireless

2022-03-03 Thread alan
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2022, a...@clueserver.org wrote: > >> If you want to make sure you can blacklist the ethernet drivers. > > Alan, > > I don't think that's necessary. If there's no cable in the eth port the > kernwl won't look for one. It still loads the driver. But yes, it is overkill. Q: Why

Re: [PLUG] Configuring a laptop for only wireless

2022-03-03 Thread Russell Senior
All you have to do is not plug in the ethernet cable. On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 2:31 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > > I assume that configuring a laptop for only wireless networking the Ethernet > configuration should be set for DHCP and all ethX ports left blank. Then > iwconfig is used (with

Re: [PLUG] Configuring a laptop for only wireless

2022-03-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 3 Mar 2022, a...@clueserver.org wrote: If you want to make sure you can blacklist the ethernet drivers. Alan, I don't think that's necessary. If there's no cable in the eth port the kernwl won't look for one. Thanks, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Configuring a laptop for only wireless

2022-03-03 Thread alan
> I assume that configuring a laptop for only wireless networking the > Ethernet > configuration should be set for DHCP and all ethX ports left blank. Then > iwconfig is used (with wpa-supplement) to configure wlan0. > > Have I missed anything? If you want to make sure you can blacklist the