[Nix-dev] wicd managing wireless network

[roconnor at theorem.ca]

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012, Sergey Mironov wrote:

> I have successfully set up wpa2 wireless network using wicd, but it was not that easy. The problem is that dhclient doesn't ignore wlan0 interface by default and wicd
> doesn't take this fact into account correctly. With just
>   networking = {
>     wicd.enable = true;
>     # useDHCP is true by default
>   };
> 
> I would get both wicd and dhclient managing wlan0 interface (well, wicd didn't detect wireless interface originally, that was me who typed 'wlan0' into it's gui settings
> dialog). The worst thing here is the fact that as a result, wicd logs completly wrong 'bad password' errors. Probably, one should do something to prevent this situation,
> maybe one of the following:
> - prevent (wicd.enable == true && useDHCP == true) condition
> - add wireless interfaces like wlan0 to the dhclien's list of ignored interfaces in /etc/nixos/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhclient.nix
> I will be glad to try myself in fixing it. At least, should I add a wiki article describing the problem and solution as is?

I wouldn't mind some expert help getting wicd working properly.  I barely 
know what I'm doing.

For me, it is a matter that I have no idea how to use wpa_supplicant. 
AFAIK I have to reconfigure my system every time I take my laptop to a new 
cafe, not that I know how to configure my system for a new wireless 
network.

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