[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#779007: Bug#779007: closed by Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h at gmx.de> (Re: Bug#779007: iw: Implement hook script for ifupdown, please?)

[Stefan Lippers-Hollmann]

Hi

On 2015-02-22, Elliott Mitchell wrote:
> It would be helpful if the iw package could implement an ifupdown hook
> script similar to the one the wireless-tools package has
> [...]

Just to be constructive about this topic, your original question:

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-ssid MyNetWork
        wpa-psk plaintextsecret

respectively

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-ssid homezone
        wpa-psk 000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f

exists today, provided by the wpasupplicant package.

Further information is provided by 
/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz and the other 
documentation and examples in and below that directory. This does
use nl80211 by default (if you're using a mac80211 based kernel 
module), but can fall back to wext transparently for legacy wext
based drivers (unless you force a mode explicitly). Equivalent
configuration can be used to configure wpa_supplicant for WEP or
unencrypted networks - or even roaming, if you're looking for a 
slightly more sophisticated setup.

Regards
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
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