[pkg-wpa-devel] cleaning up our suggested modes of use
Marc Haber
mh+pkg-wpa-devel at zugschlus.de
Wed Aug 2 11:13:25 UTC 2006
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 11:22:57AM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> Development of the "new order" wpasupplicant seems to be stabilising,
> and I see now two clear modes of operation, and would like to propose a
> clean up; consolidate documentation and code support for (IMO) the two
> preferred modes of operation.
>
> 1. managed mode, all WPA settings given via the interfaces stanza for
> any given network interface
> 2. roaming mode via wpa-roam/wpa_action: requires user supplied or
> hand crafted wpa_supplicant.conf, and supports multiple locations
> and network profiles
So the people who have moved from wpa_supplicant.conf to
/etc/network/interfaces a few releases ago when wpa_supplicant.conf
was deprecated are now asked to migrate back?
> * hand crafted action scripts, their documentation, examples and
> support in ifupdown.sh in the form of conf_wpa_cli() (and some
> variable names) should disappear. I would like to _completely_
> purge this stuff. These are not really a good solution for anybody
> and they have been condemned before [1]. They are hackish and I
> really dislike conf_wpa_cli() and WPA_CLI_ACTFILE. This would help
> clean up a congested NEWS.Debian file too.
How are the WPA settings from /e/n/i then moved to the wpa_supplicant
code? Or doesn't /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant count as "hand
crafted"?
Is roaming mode via wpa-roam/wpa_action available in Debian unstable
now? Where can I find docs about how to use it?
Greetings
Marc
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