[pkg-wpa-devel] A challenge: wpa_supplicant + wlan button + zeroconf

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Felix,

Felix Homann wrote:
> Show me how this will work with the new approach:
>
> 1. I've got one wpa-psk network configured in my wpa_supplicant.conf (the 
> default/home network)
> 2. I've got a second entry to connect to any open access point.
> 3. I want to get an IP by DHCP by default.
> 4. I want to have zeroconf as a fallback (if DHCP fails).
> 5. I want to be able to switch the network on/off with my notebook's wlan 
> button even without logging in and manually ifupping the interface first.
> 6. I don't want to wait on boot for a minute or so if there is no AP or the 
> radio is switched off.
>   


I am digging up this very old issue (after re-reading the past few 
month's conversations) to see if wpa_action is filling this void. Is it? 
Have you used it? If so, what new challenges has it presented?

Any other comments regarding the future development of wpasupplicant are 
welcome at this time.

Thanks, Kel.