wpa-service 0.21 in blfs ?

[Eloi Primaux]

wpa-service 0.21 make lfs to support wpa_supplicant managed networks. There is a lack of wireless network support in the lfs/blfs book, and i would like your agreement to add this hint to the blfs book.

This hint (wpa-service 0.21), explains howto install wpa_supplicant and how to set startup scripts to make it running as a daemon. Then when the system set up the network device it simply call the wpa-service script.

It's simple, clear and written as near as the "lfs way of doing".

(i've just posted the 0.21 release to the hint mailing list)

[bdubbs@…]

I don't have time today to look at all you submitted, but did you look at the wiki? You might want to just update what is already there.

​http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/WirelessTools

[Eloi Primaux]

I agree to update the original wiki with wpa-service because: wpa-service can take care of all wireless network ( from NULL to WPA2 and more) it can also manage more than just one interface at the same time and it runs wpa_supplicant as a daemon (less memory consumption)

[Eloi Primaux]

well i said smth stupid, wpa_supplicant is always run as a daemon... However in my case i only use one instance of this daemon, and anything like creating a network or removing interface is done via wpa_cli. wpa_supplicant is also able to completly replace iwconfig and this can be usefull for small systems.

Another interresting point of it's way of doing is MOBILITY: (switching networks) because wpa_supplicant just connect to the most secure and available network and then launch the desired IP service according to the ssid config file it found in /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant (static or dynamic ip).

Then i really think that wpa-service (and it's scripts) have something to do in the blfs book, not because i want but because it really helps. (i move over more than 15 differents wireless networks with at least 7 differents ip configuration)

in another hand, i agree that more progress still needed in. But i'm only a chemist and not a developer.

Is someone wants to continue my work ?

Best Regards Eloi Primaux

[Randy McMurchy]

Just an update. There was a new ticket raised that essentially covers the same stuff. Ticket #3201, and it has since been closed as a duplicate. Whoever picks this up may want to reference the closed ticket to see if there is anything that can help.

[willimm]

This should be a priority for BLFS 6.7, as you never know how many people are using LFS on their notebooks and want to connect to a network. This should also be done so that I can add Wifi support to Gnome-system-tools, and to add Network-Manager to the book.

[andy@…]

wpa_supplicant is in the book now

[bdubbs@…]

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