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Old 09-08-2012, 09:14 AM   #1
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Thumbs down Simple configuration? Changing regulatory domain of Wi-Fi


I think my main problem is I have no idea what the basics of Debian configuration are.
Continuation of this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post4775211
Reading this:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/develo...gulatorydomain
I felt it was more of a "Debian" issue, since I can't find any of the crda or db.txt on the system.
I have tried everything on that page. The udevadm didn't monitor anything after issuing iw set reg NL.
[kernel 2.6.32, wpa_supplicant 0.6.10, iw 0.9.19]
I tried searching the on-line Debian docs, but they seem awfully quiet about changing the region. Is it even possible? N.B. during installation I specified US region. I have tried changing the locales. No effect. I could try to reconfigure the wireless drivers, but I have no idea which package that is. Also I have no idea where wpa_supplicant actually looks for a configuration file. See? Lot's of Debian specific questions ;(
Any hints, tips, support, criticism appreciated... I'm desperate.
 
Old 09-09-2012, 08:10 PM   #2
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Hi,

I would not expect locales to play any role in this (but I haven't actually checked).

Code:
% apropos regulatory
regulatory.bin (5)   - The Linux wireless regulatory database
% man 5 regulatory.bin
In that page there is a reference to the crda(8) man page which is in the crda package...

If this is not enough for you to go on, perhaps you could post a specific question.

Regarding wpa_supplicant, from reading /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz you can see that there it can either be configured in /etc/network/interfaces (Debian style) or you can configure it in much the same way as upstream. In general, checking for a README.Debian.gz (for any given package) is the first thing you should do if you want to find out something that you suspect may be Debian specific.

HTH,

Evo2.
 
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Old 09-10-2012, 12:23 PM   #3
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Thanks for the help. That's just the kind of info I was looking for.
I wrongfully assumed giving the kernel version would tell my distribution. It's Squeeze (Stable).
apropos regulatory Gives no output for me. I guess(?) crda is 'built' into the kernel in this distro, like mentioned on that page.
I have found /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service thanks to that previous post.
Although it also mentions:
chmod 0600 /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
Where they finally specify the exact location of that file (that doesn't exist on my system yet). I can't find anything named nl80211 on my system, so I assume(?) it is using some older method.
I'm leaving the other thread open for the specific wlan question I had.

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