[Nix-dev] wicd managing wireless network

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

roconnor at theorem.ca wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Jan 2012, Alexander Foremny wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> Why isn't wpa_supplicant.conf managed by NixOS?
Because it contains passwords.
> Your tutorial doesn't talk about how to scan for wireless networks to find
> the SSID that you want.
sudo iwlist scan
> 
> All in all, your tutorial has convinced me that using wpa_supplicant is as
> painful as I was assuming.
> 
P.S.: I hope that I'll have some time to add NetworkManager nixos service.
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Yury G. Kudryashov,
mailto: urkud at mccme.ru