Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Still Struggling With Wireless
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:12:48
Message-Id:	`AANLkTi=dByzspvLm5KRMRVx6oAhrgGK0G1DqEUkYT+2n@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Still Struggling With Wireless by Neil Bothwick

1	> Wicd require wpa_supplicant because that's what it uses, not you. Wicd
2	> does all the hard work, you just give it the password etc. and let it get
3	> on with things.
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5	What is hard with wpa_supplicant? It is just three lines:
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7	wpa_passphrase <ssid> [passphrase] > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
8	wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
9	dhcpcd
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11	But I already hinted to this.
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13	Al