Package: debian-reference-en
Severity: normal
I don't think I've ever gotten wireless working without wpa-supplicant. It
would be good to
mention it in 10.6.1.3 (saw it on the web at
http://debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net-ifupdown).
For example, I just used this in interfaces:
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid MySSID
wpa-psk MyNetworkPassword
There is a lot else that is mysterious about networking, particularly wireless,
but this pattern is enough to get me going.
Here are some other things it would be nice to know about wireless:
What's with wlan0 vs wmaster0?
What's the relation between configuration done in /etc/network/interfaces and
that done
through a front-end like kwifimanager? Is configuration done through the
latter available
in non-GUI or single-user mode? (I think not, at least not obviously. Which
always makes
trouble for me when things are going wrong.)
Does network-manager do anything now? I think it's behind at least some of the
GUI tools.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
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APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable')
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