On Wednesday, 5 August 2020 21:25:09 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > I want to do this manually, before automating it; "ifconfig -a" shows > eth0, and lo, and... > > wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > ether 00:26:c6:4a:b4:92 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) > RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) > RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 > TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) > TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 > > Next steps are to start wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli > > =================================================================== > > [thimk][root][~] /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant start > * Starting WPA Supplicant Daemon ... > Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant [ > ok ] > > [thimk][root][~] wpa_cli > wpa_cli v2.9 > Copyright (c) 2004-2019, Jouni Malinen <j...@w1.fi> and contributors > > This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. > See README for more details. > > > > Interactive mode > > Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying > > =================================================================== > > Even specifying "wpa_cli -i wlan0" fails. The config files... > > > # /etc/conf.d/net > ================= > config_eth0="dhcp" > > modules="wpa_supplicant" > config_wlan0="dhcp" > > # /etc/wpa_supplicant > ===================== > # The below line not be changed otherwise wpa_supplicant refuses to work > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant > > # Ensure that only root can read the WPA configuration > ctrl_interface_group=0 > > # Let wpa_supplicant take care of scanning and AP selection > ap_scan=1
These settings are the same here, with two exceptions. The config file is: # ls -la /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -rw------- 1 root root 77640 Jun 18 2019 /etc/wpa_supplicant/ wpa_supplicant.conf and, ctrl_interface_group=wheel The former is relevant because the default openrc script requires '/etc/ wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf', unless you have modified it. The latter most likely not relevant - but it allows me to change settings in the wpa_supplicant GUI.
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