On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:30 AM <to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 09:10:08AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > I occasionally run, what I will describe as "Coffee House Lan Parties". > > That means I connect to the Internet via WiFi, and then supply a "Local > > Ethernet" network (with ipv4), for others to connect with. > > > > Doing this with Network Manager "worked", but only with "loud > complaining" > > by Network Manager. > > > > What I want now, are the "steps" that Network Manager takes, to bring up > > WiFi, so I can create an "in-demand" Root-level Script that I can run, > for > > the WiFi part. (The rest works fine, using /etc/network/interfaces). > > Actually ifupdown is perfectly capable of doing the work (well, it just > orchestrates it, but it commes with all the necessary scripts for that). > > Here's my stanza in /etc/network/interfaces (passphrase somewhat decorated, > to protect the innocent): > > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wpa-ssid dubcek > wpa-psk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > That's all it is needed for ifup to set up wlan0, go out with DHCP and > fetch an IP address from our local DHCP server. > > Of course it relies on wpasupplicant and dhclient to do the actual > magic behind the scenes. >
Which part is "interactive", asking me for WiFi and Password? Wpasupplicant? Thanks! > > Enjoy simple life :-) > > Cheers > -- t > Indeed. Debian Always! Kenneth Parker (eyeblinkuniverse.com)
