[Nix-dev] wicd managing wireless network

[Alexander Foremny]

It is true that you have to reconfigure your system every time you add a
*new* wireless network you want to connect to, specifically you have to
reconfigure every time you change /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and want to make
the changes active. However, once configured wpa_supplicant will take care
of getting you connected automagically.

It is really much less painful as I think you are assuming.

I set up a preliminary Wiki page to help getting you and other users
started.

https://nixos.org/wiki/Wireless_networking

2012/1/5 <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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