On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:09:04 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
I've got hal and dbus masked out (pam too), so wicd and networkmanager
are out of the question.
Wicd doesn't need hal, but dbus is so useful you are crippling your system
by blocking it. On a multitasking system, programs need a way of
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:17:07PM +0100, Mick wrote
You probably want to look at wpa_supplicant (in particular man
wpa_gui), or any other network manager type of application would do
(wicd, network manager, wifi-radar) which allows you to enable/disable
access points for automatic connection
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:39:31 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
Thanks. that keeps things sane. Now let's start with simple stuff
first, manually connecting to an open access point at the public
library. Listed below are files /etc/conf.d/net, ~/bin/wi_open, and
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.open.
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 09:13, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:39:31 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
Thanks. that keeps things sane. Now let's start with simple stuff
first, manually connecting to an open access point at the public
library. Listed below are
On 13 April 2010 15:44, Daniel da Veiga danieldave...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 09:13, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:39:31 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
Thanks. that keeps things sane. Now let's start with simple stuff
first, manually
On 13 Apr 2010, at 12:39, Walter Dnes wrote:
... I plan to have multiple config files, to cover different
situations.
You can have multiple networks specified in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
and in /etc/conf.d/net.
I think you can just specify the various SSIDs / credentials in
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 04:03:08PM +0100, Mick wrote
For PCs you don't typically need anything more than the default Gentoo
scripts, but for a laptop wicd, networkmanager and the like will do
exactly what you need with no perceptible overhead and the benefit of
notifications for when things
Here's /etc/conf.d/net on my Gentoo netbook system...
config_eth0=192.168.123.249 broadcast 192.168.123.255 netmask 255.255.255.248
mtu 1452
routes_eth0=(
default via 192.168.123.254 metric 2
192.168.123.248/29 via 192.168.123.254 metric 0
)
The multiple routes allow eth0 to remain connected
On 12 April 2010 08:11, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
Here's /etc/conf.d/net on my Gentoo netbook system...
config_eth0=192.168.123.249 broadcast 192.168.123.255 netmask
255.255.255.248 mtu 1452
routes_eth0=(
default via 192.168.123.254 metric 2
192.168.123.248/29 via
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