On 12/07/2016 11:23 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> * Because most wifi software sucks, I suggest Devuan roll its own CLI
> software, for the installation, that iwlist wlan0 scanning lists the
> access points, takes the ssid and password, and then appends the
> result of wpa_passphrase to the bottom
> of /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. In my experience this is
> the most reliable way to get wifi running for a given access point.
On 12/05/2016 12:55 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> Wifi is always problematic. Always. NetworkManager, Wicd, and even the
> wpa_* all seem to fail at just the wrong time. If I were Devuan, I'd
> create a wifi module that:
>
> 1) Displays the wifi signals in signal strength order
>
> 2) Asks which you want, THAT YOU HAVE A PASSWORD FOR!!!
>
> 3) Ask for the password twice,verify they match
>
> 4) Ask for default router
> a) With very helpful prompts and help
>
> 5) Ask if they'd like default dns 8888 and 8844
> a) If not, suggest the default router
>
> 6) Run acquired passphrase through wpa_passphrase >> wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> 7) By hook or by crook, get a DHCP lease
> a) If necessary, put DHCP server on this computer
>
> 8) Verify lookup of devuan.org
> a) If not, run some intelligent diagnostic software
Is anybody working on this yet? If not, I might give it a shot this
weekend. Steve, your vision for this is a subcomponent of the
devuan-installer project, right?
Patrick
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