[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#471858: Bug#471858: Bug#471858: wpasupplicant: option "wpa_iface" half works - but does IP config on the wpa_iface not the actual interface (normally a bridge)

[Kel Modderman]

On Friday 21 March 2008 08:28:01 Kel Modderman wrote:
> On Friday 21 March 2008 03:50:04 Paul Hedderly wrote:
> > /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant says:
> > 
> >   # allow wpa_supplicant interface to be specified via wpa-iface
> >   # useful for starting wpa_supplicant on one interface of a bridge
> >   if [ -n "$IF_WPA_IFACE" ]; then
> >         WPA_IFACE="$IF_WPA_IFACE"
> >   else
> >         WPA_IFACE="$IFACE"
> >   fi
> > 
> > If I have an interfaces stanza:
> > 
> >   iface bridge inet manual
> >     pre-up ip link set up dev wlan0 # (Needed with iwl3945)
> >     bridge_ports wlan0
> >     wpa_iface wlan0
> >     wpa_roam /etc/network/wpa_supplicant.conf

Aha, i missed this bit, you combine bridge mode with roaming daemon? This is...
interesting.

Don't roam with a bridged interface, I don't think the wpa-roam schema will
ever be extended to support this.

Thanks, Kel.