Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-14 Thread Thomas Pircher
David Wright wrote: I was casting round for a simple way to run iwd + resolvconf + systemd-networkd as replacement. I run a similar setup, with iwd, systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved. This has been working without problems on my host for for quite a while now. Make a copy of your /etc/reso

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-15 Thread David Wright
On Mon 14 Mar 2022 at 07:15:12 (+), Thomas Pircher wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > I was casting round for a simple way to run iwd + resolvconf + > > systemd-networkd as replacement. > > I run a similar setup, with iwd, systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved. > This has been working without pr

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-16 Thread Brian
> iwd Highly functional & low resource & DHCP client. Thank you for your informative and useful account of iwd. Apologies if my snipping is too brutal :). It is almost a no-brainer to eastablish a wireless link with iwd. I think the single command iwctl station wlan0 connect Yo

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread Thomas Pircher
David Wright wrote: As I said, I tried that. Ack. I must have glossed over that. Sorry. The rest of my mail stands, though. You can configure various settings for the DNS resolver in your systemd-networkd setting and in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf. Like what? Full description here: https:/

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread Brian
On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 09:33:30 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > However, your post inspired me. The installed size of iwd is a fifth > > that of wpasuppicant. > > I'm curious what is the explanation for that size difference, since from > a casual look it appears that iwd provides pretty much a su

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread Brian
On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > By the end of all this, the link should be working, and a file > like this will have been written (that only root can see): > > # cat /var/lib/iwd/YourSSID.psk > [Security] > PreSharedKey=abdcef0123456789…abdcef0123456789…abdcef0

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread RP
I just wanted to say thanks for the post and instructions. I've been using IWD on a different distro and wish that Debian will someday adopt it as its default.

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread David Wright
On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 12:12:28 (+), Thomas Pircher wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > As I said, I tried that. > > Ack. I must have glossed over that. Sorry. The rest of my mail stands, > though. > > > > You can configure various settings for the DNS resolver in your > > > systemd-networkd sett

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread David Wright
On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 09:33:30 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > However, your post inspired me. The installed size of iwd is a fifth > > that of wpasuppicant. > > I'm curious what is the explanation for that size difference, since from > a casual look it appears that iwd provides pretty much a s

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread David Wright
On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 14:50:06 (+), Brian wrote: > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > [...] > > > By the end of all this, the link should be working, and a file > > like this will have been written (that only root can see): > > > > # cat /var/lib/iwd/YourSSID.psk

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-17 Thread David Wright
On Wed 16 Mar 2022 at 22:40:07 (+), Brian wrote: > > iwd Highly functional & low resource & DHCP client. > > Thank you for your informative and useful account of iwd. Apologies > if my snipping is too brutal :). > > It is almost a no-brainer to eastablish a wireless link with

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-18 Thread Brian
On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 23:39:39 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 14:50:06 (+), Brian wrote: > > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > By the end of all this, the link should be working, and a file > > > like this will have been wri

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-18 Thread Brian
On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 23:40:28 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 16 Mar 2022 at 22:40:07 (+), Brian wrote: [...] > > OTOH, the Debian iwd package > > does not provide any integration with ifupdown > > Does iwd need ifupdown at all? It seems to be able to configure the > interface itself.

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-18 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 11:57 PM David Wright wrote: > On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 12:12:28 (+), Thomas Pircher wrote > > > > Cool. If you just type resolvectl, it will show you which information it > > got on each interface. > > This is machine F, where /etc/resolv.conf is a file, containing > 192.1

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-18 Thread Brian
On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > Install iwd, and resolvconf if necessary. You may then need to reboot > if the wifi interface has already been renamed by the kernel, ie if > it's not wlan0. (With buster, there's a missing file that needs adding > first; see below

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-18 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:32:40 + Brian wrote: > Regarding the installer: at present it provides an /e/n/i with wpa-* > lines. Changing wpasupplicant to iwd in d-i would requir some work. > No matter what the benefits of iwd are, I do not see that happening > in the near future. wpasupplicant re

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-19 Thread Brian
On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 20:57:38 +, Brian wrote: > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > [...] > > > Install iwd, and resolvconf if necessary. You may then need to reboot > > if the wifi interface has already been renamed by the kernel, ie if > > it's not wlan0. (With b

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-19 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 7:33 AM Brian wrote: > On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 20:57:38 +, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Install iwd, and resolvconf if necessary. You may then need to reboot > > > if the wifi interface has already b

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-19 Thread David Wright
On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 14:08:36 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 11:57 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 17 Mar 2022 at 12:12:28 (+), Thomas Pircher wrote > > > > > > Cool. If you just type resolvectl, it will show you which information it > > > got on each interface. >

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-19 Thread David Wright
On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 20:57:38 (+), Brian wrote: > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > [...] > > > Install iwd, and resolvconf if necessary. You may then need to reboot > > if the wifi interface has already been renamed by the kernel, ie if > > it's not wlan0. (With

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 10:15:45 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 20:57:38 (+), Brian wrote: > > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Install iwd, and resolvconf if necessary. You may then need to reboot > > > if the wifi interface

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 10:12:54 -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 7:33 AM Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 18 Mar 2022 at 20:57:38 +, Brian wrote: > > > > > On Sun 13 Mar 2022 at 20:04:06 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > Install iwd, and resolvconf i

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-23 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mon cheri > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 2:40 AM > From: "Brian" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles > > In truth, it is not a biggie for my intended use of iwd on some > non-roaming machines, although i

Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-23 Thread David Wright
On Wed 23 Mar 2022 at 13:06:12 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > From: "Brian" > > > > In truth, it is not a biggie for my intended use of iwd on some > > non-roaming machines, although it did break my /e/n/i. A couple of > > edits fixed that. > > Would you like to elaborate what stuff was broken

wpa_supplicant, was Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-22 Thread David Wright
On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 10:18:49 (+1100), Charlie wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:32:40 + Brian wrote: > > > Regarding the installer: at present it provides an /e/n/i with wpa-* > > lines. Changing wpasupplicant to iwd in d-i would requir some work. > > No matter what the benefits of iwd are, I

Re: wpa_supplicant, was Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-23 Thread Brian
On Tue 22 Mar 2022 at 23:06:08 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 19 Mar 2022 at 10:18:49 (+1100), Charlie wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:32:40 + Brian wrote: > > > > > Regarding the installer: at present it provides an /e/n/i with wpa-* > > > lines. Changing wpasupplicant to iwd in d-i w

Re: wpa_supplicant, was Re: iwd + systemd-networkd + resolvconf wrinkles

2022-03-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 22 Mar 2022 at 23:06:08 -0500, David Wright wrote: > (OTOH wicd appears to be able to detect that the interface has come > up, and to configure it, DHCP and all. In fact, I've found it more > reliable for wired interfaces as well, where I suspect glitches have > been caused by Powerline dev