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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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Pieter Lenaerts wrote:
> Op ma, 15-05-2006 te 12:59 +0300, schreef Juuso Alasuutari:
>> It launches a wpa_supplicant daemon that opens a global control interface 
>> (default is /var/run/wpa_supplicant-global). wpa_supplicant can then be 
>> controlled via wpa_cli. Users that belong to the group defined 
>> in /etc/wpa_ctrl.conf have wpa_cli access. Network interface, device 
>> driver, 
>> control interface and config file are defined 
>> in /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant.
> 
> my tactics:
> I have a fully configured wpa_supplicant.conf, which includes the
> ctrl_group stuff iuso has but also defines all my networks (see
> attachments), so upon running wpa_supplicant, it will associate to the
> highest priority known network.
> 
> next, there's wpa_cli that can be run with an action script. if wpa_cli
> receives a disconnect/connect event, it will run the script with
> interface name and event name as arguments. what the script does is:
> check if it's a connect event or a disconnect event, check the ssid
> wpa_supplicant is connected to and call dhcpcd or set network settings
> manually.
> 
> right now, my script is UGLY! all vars are hardcoded. a solution would
> be this: have an /etc/wpa_supplicant folder holding all wpa_supplicant
> config files + a config file for every ssid. on a connect event, the
> action script sources the ssid config file and sets connection options.
> 
> so, this would be our (optional) structure:
> 1. iuso's init script, with additions to run wpa_cli with action script
> and reassociation command to make sure we get an event.
> 2. an /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file, holding config and
> network association options for wpa_supplicant
> 3. a series of /etc/wpa_supplicant/<ssid> files, holding variables for
> each ssid configured in wpa_supplicant.conf (these would resemble our
> current netconf generated files)
> 4. an action script in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf that sources the ssid
> files and gets the interface up (or down on a disconnect event)
> 
> we need more thoughts ;)
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Perhaps those who use WPA for wireless should get together and hash out
what works, though what Pieter proposes above (additionally to Juuso's)
sounds acceptable, once cleaned up. :)

- -sandalle

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