On 2019年2月15日 8:23:04 JST, Kenneth Parker <sea7k...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 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. >> > >What did you have to do, the first time? When you were determining the >Network Name (wpa-ssid)? (Having to know everything in advance isn't >too >cool, when you visit multiple Coffee Houses. And connecting to the >wrong >ssid could get you into some *SERIOUS* trouble!) > >I am doing my own investigation, by the way, finding general >information >on a "competing" Distro (Arch): > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant > >This site suggests that wpa_cli gives useful information, so I will >see >what that looks like, and then use your interfaces method. > >Enjoy simple life :-) >> >> Cheers >> -- t >> > >Thanks! > >Kenneth Parker
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan <https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/wi-fi-command-line>
