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On Wednesday, 5 August 2020 21:25:09 BST Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I want to do this manually, before automating it; "ifconfig -a" shows |
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> eth0, and lo, and... |
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> wlan0: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 |
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> ether 00:26:c6:4a:b4:92 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) |
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> RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 |
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> TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) |
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> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 |
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> Next steps are to start wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli |
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> =================================================================== |
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> [thimk][root][~] /etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant start |
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> * Starting WPA Supplicant Daemon ... |
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> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant [ |
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> ok ] |
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> [thimk][root][~] wpa_cli |
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> wpa_cli v2.9 |
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> Copyright (c) 2004-2019, Jouni Malinen <j@××.fi> and contributors |
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> This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. |
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> See README for more details. |
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> Interactive mode |
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> Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying |
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> =================================================================== |
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> Even specifying "wpa_cli -i wlan0" fails. The config files... |
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> # /etc/conf.d/net |
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> ================= |
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> config_eth0="dhcp" |
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> modules="wpa_supplicant" |
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> config_wlan0="dhcp" |
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> # /etc/wpa_supplicant |
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> ===================== |
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> # The below line not be changed otherwise wpa_supplicant refuses to work |
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> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant |
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> # Ensure that only root can read the WPA configuration |
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> ctrl_interface_group=0 |
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> # Let wpa_supplicant take care of scanning and AP selection |
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> ap_scan=1 |
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These settings are the same here, with two exceptions. The config file is: |
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# ls -la /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
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-rw------- 1 root root 77640 Jun 18 2019 /etc/wpa_supplicant/ |
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wpa_supplicant.conf |
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and, |
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ctrl_interface_group=wheel |
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The former is relevant because the default openrc script requires '/etc/ |
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wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf', unless you have modified it. |
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The latter most likely not relevant - but it allows me to change settings in |
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the wpa_supplicant GUI. |
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