Roaming functionality with wpasupplicant (was: [pkg-wpa-devel] cleaning up our suggested modes of use)

[Marc Haber]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:30:03PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:13:25PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> No. this falls under mode 1.

I missed the "roaming" in my original question. Let me re-phrase.

So the people who have moved from wpa_supplicant.conf to
/etc/network/interfaces a few releases ago when wpa_supplicant.conf
was deprecated (losing their roaming ability in the process) are now
asked to migrate back if they want to have roaming functionality?

> > Is roaming mode via wpa-roam/wpa_action available in Debian unstable
> > now? Where can I find docs about how to use it?
> 
> docs will come soon [tm].
> 
> this is a feature with the 0.5 branch of wpasupplicant. Example use:
> 
> auto ath0
> iface ath0 inet manual
>         wpa-driver madwifi
>         wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.local
> 
> iface default inet manual
>         up /usr/sbin/whereami --hint ath0
> 
> iface olymp inet manual
>         up /usr/sbin/whereami --hint ath0

I remember using whereami from the whereami package back in 2004 when
my notebook began changing wired networks multiple times a day, and I
didn't like it because a lot of features were missing (especially if
no DHCP is in use). On the wired connection, I am using guessnet in
the mean time - is there a possibility to have wpasupplicant roam with
guessnet instead of whereami?

Greetings
Marc

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