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> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Spidey / Claudio <spideybr@×××××.com> |
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> Between the Gentoo Handbook and Google |
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> (... )I didn't even know there was a better way of managing wireless networks! |
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This is exactly the problem. |
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I'm working on rewriting the Handbook's page on setting up wifi, but |
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I'm going to need some time to get into the Live-Environments to test |
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that my new version works :P I'll post a draft here & would appreciate |
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comments before I submit the bug report. |
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On 26 September 2011 15:51, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On the other hand reading through the examples/comments for |
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> /etc/conf.d/net and wpa_supplicant.conf takes the whole of 10-20 |
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> minutes. |
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I absolutely disagree with this - while editing /etc/conf.d/net is |
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fine, wpa_supplicant.conf requires a pretty solid understanding of |
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both the network that you're trying to connect to, and the various |
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protocols/encryption mechanisms available. Back when I was first |
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trying to get wireless working on my systems, it was a major stumbling |
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block. |
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The gentoo install is pretty tough going for the average new user, |
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with a lot of separate areas of new competence without getting into |
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wireless (assuming that they have a reasonable understanding of |
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computing to start). An additional 10-20 minutes of user intervention |
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is quite significant overhead. |
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JB |
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