Joel Roth via Dng said on Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:52:31 -1000

>I've resolved this problem with a workaround: I found a
>TPLINK r8188eu based usb wifi adapter that I managed to get
>working with little fuss. So I'm back to my regular wifi
>setup script using netaid (below). I also blacklisted
>the wl and b43 drivers which I won't be needing.

This is probably unresponsive to your question, but what the heck? I
just switched from wpa_supplicant to iwd and its suite, and am
incredibly pleased.

I made the switch as follows:

1. Installed iwd and iwgtk
2. Killed the wpa_supplicant daemon
3. Removed wpa_supplicant as a daemon to run
4. Added iwd as a daemon to run
5. rebooted (important, didn't work til I did that)

By the way, using runit I run both dhcpcd and iwd as respawning
daemons. I took no precautions to make sure one started before the
other, and it's worked every time, although I might just be lucky in
that regard.

The way I use iwd is to make all changes using iwgtk, *as a normal
user*. Using iwgtk I can scan networks, connect to networks, connect to
new networks if I know the password, and even forget networks. I like
it much better than NetworkManager or WICD.

It would be interesting to see if iwd would have the same problem with
your original wifi adapter.

SteveT

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