[SOLVED] Wifi at boot?

Alien Bob · 08-15-2014, 10:19 AM

I'd have said so if it were...

business_kid · 08-15-2014, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Eh, "made sure rc.wireless is -x"? You removed the executable bit from rc.wireless? That will be the cause then, rc.wireless needs to be executable because that is what starts wpa_supplicant.

Eric

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Never use rc.wireless.conf please, use rc.inet1.conf also for your wireless configuration. In "man rc.inet1.conf" you will find "/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless.conf - configuration parameter file ( deprecated )".

You have me confused, now. I have rc.wireless/rc.wireless.conf up and running, and of course am obeying rule no. 1 "Ïf it works, don fix it!"
For those of us with wpa2 security, what is recommended? Run rc.wireless but leave rc.wireless.conf blank?

Didier Spaier · 08-15-2014, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by business_kid

For those of us with wpa2 security, what is recommended? Run rc.wireless but leave rc.wireless.conf blank?

Don't fiddle with editing those files, just use NetworkManager.

Richard Cranium · 08-15-2014, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by business_kid

You have me confused, now. I have rc.wireless/rc.wireless.conf up and running, and of course am obeying rule no. 1 "Ïf it works, don fix it!"
For those of us with wpa2 security, what is recommended? Run rc.wireless but leave rc.wireless.conf blank?

I put the appropriate information in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf...

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
network={
   ssid="NOYFB"
   psk=a42424242424424242424242424242424242424242
   key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
   pairwise=CCMP TKIP
}

I'm sure Alien Bob will tell us the correct way to do it. :-)

Alien Bob · 08-16-2014, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by business_kid

You have me confused, now. I have rc.wireless/rc.wireless.conf up and running, and of course am obeying rule no. 1 "Ïf it works, don fix it!"
For those of us with wpa2 security, what is recommended? Run rc.wireless but leave rc.wireless.conf blank?

Let me point (again) to http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...eless_networks where I explain my reasons. You also should not be running rc.wireless yourself. I is the task of rc.inet1 to invoke the wireless script if it detects a wireless network interface.

For WPA wireless connections, you have to configure the WPA part in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf amd indicate in rc.inet1.conf that you are using WPA and wpa_supplicant for the interface.

Eric