Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

[Todd Goodman]

* Meino.Cramer@×××.de <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> [150728 13:25]:
> Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> [15-07-28 19:08]:
> > * Meino.Cramer@×××.de <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> [150728 11:28]:
> > [..SNIP..]
> > > Hi Todd,
> > >
> > > thanks for your help! :)
> > >
> > > I will to adjust the config file and see what will happen...
> > > Dont worry about the password...it is a fake one. If everything is
> > > running fine, if will choose a more random one.
> > >
> > > By the way...While tumbling down the google hole ;) I came across
> > > "hostapd" which exactly seems to be build for the purpose I want: An access point.
> > >
> > > BUT:
> > > I could not decide, what tutorial is correct:
> > > Do I still need wpa_supplicant with hostapd or
> > > Don't I neeed wpa_supplicant?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> > > Best regards,
> > > Meino
> >
> > Hi Meino,
> >
> > I don't think you need wpa_supplicant if you're using hostapd (unless
> > you need to also connect to a WAP in additional to being a WAP
> > yourself, and in that case I don't know if it requires a different
> > interface to do that.)
> >
> > I think wpa_supplicant is a supplicant (i.e., client only) component.
> >
> > But I could be wrong and hopefully someone else will chime in with more
> > hostapd experience than I have.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Todd
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> Slowly but surely I got a lot of ants in my head...or it feels like.
> There are SO MANY tutorial out there and every doc says something
> different.
>
> No I got this:
>
> >rfkill list
> 1: phy1: Wireless LAN
> 	Soft blocked: yes
> 	Hard blocked: no
>
> Damn! This is the by far the most complicated thing which came across
> my way with linux...
>
>
> Best regards,
> Meino
>
>

Hi Meino,

Since it's soft blocked I think you need an:

        rfkill unblock wifi

But I haven't had to worry about rfkill before so might have it wrong.

Todd