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

[Felix Homann]

On Sunday 02 July 2006 12:05, Kel Modderman wrote:
> Hi Felix,
>
> 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? 

Hi Kel,

yes, I think you've filled the void and I'm actually using wpa_action now. It 
works fine on boot, there's no problem with the WLAN button, it plays nicely
together with wpa_gui and I didn't notice any zeroconf interference. In 
other words: Well done!

> If so, what new challenges has it presented?

No real challenges, yet. One point I don't like that much is that on 
disconnect the IP address will not be cleared (what's the right term?). I 
would prefer the interface to be "essentially" ifdowned a few seconds after a 
disconnect. (That's the way ifplugd handles it.)

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

I didn't notice that comments had not been welcome ;-)

But two more suggestions:

1. "wpa_action restart"  would be nice, since you have to restart the 
wpa_supplicant after editing the wpa_supplicant.conf file in order to read 
the changes. 

2. Now, that there is a roaming solution, how about a (semi-)automatic upgrade 
method from old init script configurations? 

Kind regards,

Felix