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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 04:03:08PM +0100, Mick wrote |
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> For PCs you don't typically need anything more than the default Gentoo |
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> scripts, but for a laptop wicd, networkmanager and the like will do |
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> exactly what you need with no perceptible overhead and the benefit of |
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> notifications for when things start bobbing up and down. |
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> If you already have installed wpa_supplicant I recommend running |
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> wpa_gui and enabling disabling any interfaces you care to associate |
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> with. Then leave it running in the tooltray for quick access and |
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> notifications. |
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I've got hal and dbus masked out (pam too), so wicd and networkmanager |
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are out of the question. wpa_gui is a Qt frontend to wpa_cli. The qt4 |
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*TARBALL* is approx 150 megabytes. Disk space is not the problem, but |
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loading unnecessary libs on an underpowered memory-constrained netbook |
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is an issue. Besides, I can always... |
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[aa1][root][~] modprobe ath5k |
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[aa1][root][~] /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart |
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* Stopping wlan0 |
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* Bringing down wlan0 |
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* Shutting down wlan0 ... [ ok ] |
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* Stopping wpa_cli on wlan0 ... [ ok ] |
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* Stopping wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... [ ok ] |
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* Starting wlan0 |
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* Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... [ !! ] |
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[aa1][root][~] iwconfig wlan0 essid example channel auto |
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[aa1][root][~] ifconfig wlan0 up |
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[aa1][root][~] iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID |
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ESSID:"KGB zone** keep OFF**" |
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ESSID:"BELL140" |
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ESSID:"MyLinksys" |
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ESSID:"BELL325" |
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ESSID:"charmins family network 20" |
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ESSID:"and" |
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ESSID:"linksys" |
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ESSID:"default" |
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ESSID:"Kooshman" |
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ESSID:"SONA2" |
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ESSID:"BELL628" |
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ESSID:"MyDlink" |
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ESSID:"A7770" |
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Fortunately, I'm an honest guy, and I choose to confine my "testing of |
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open system access" to places like the Toronto Public Library, where |
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they advertise it... http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spe_ser_wir.jsp |
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A little bit of scripting, plus appropriate entries in /etc/sudoers, and |
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I'm all set. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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