On 10 November 2013 20:32, Ottavio Caruso <[email protected]> wrote: > I've finally managed to install the amd64 port onto a usb disk to use > with a Thinkpad X61.
OK, > > When running the post-installation utility from the installer, I was > given the option to configure the network. The interfaces available > were wm0, iwn0 and fpiw0. So I selected the iwn0 (wireless) but the > installer complained that it couldn't find a carrier (odd, because the > router is a couple of metres away) and it timed out. AFAIK the installer doesn't have easy wpa_supplicant configuration (assuming you use WPA-PSK on the router). > So I selected wm0 and it correctly found the network and was able to > install pkgin. > > However now every time I boot the system it hangs a couple of minutes > trying to configure wm0 even when no cable is plugged in. I don't recall exactly this; it could delay trying to reach a DNS server. > > 1) Is the above mentioned intended behaviour? > > 2) How can I tell the system not to spend time configuring the card if > no cable is plugged in, without blacklisting the card in rc.conf? I'd suggest use dhcpcd. > > 3) Is it theoretically possible to configure a wireless network using > wpa from the installer. Not sure, never tried to configure networking during installation - I always leave that after the reboot into the new system. > > And the most urgent one: > 4) I swap between home (wpa) and public library (open network) > wireless. Is there any kind of user friendly gui-based applet that can > help me switch between these networks? Well, there is GUI in pkgsrc (see net/dhcpcd-gtk), I've tried it, but I usually preconfigure my wireless networks in wpa_supplicant.conf - you can have as many networks defined there as you like, it will pick up the one which is available and associate with it; from then on dhcpcd will get you an address from the DHCP server on the network (in the trivial case the wireless router). > > On Linux I was using network manager and nm-applet. I understand they > are not available either as a binary package or in the ports. I > believe PC-BSD has a similar applet. Is it possible to install it on > Netbsd and if so, how? > > Thanks > > -- > Ottavio Cheers, Chavdar -- ----
