On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 10:50:00 +0300 Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote:
> Hi. > > On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 09:41:30AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 01 aug 19, 09:32:32, Reco wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:30:05PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > > > Well, that is what I do (guest network, network for devices that don't > > > > support 802.11ac), and it does add some complexity, but I wouldn't > > > > call it "fiendishly difficult" - I don't have your network chops, and > > > > I probably wouldn't be able to handle it if it were really that > > > > difficult ;) > > > > > > Ditto. > > > I can handle it, so do you. Don't expect most list members to replicate > > > that approach. > > > > I would expect most list members to be able to replicate that approach. > > Whether they actually (want to) do it is a different story ;) > > Consider me a cynical pessimist then. > Regarding WiFi, the most common kind of questions here are (rephrased to > hint a solution): > > 1) Why my WiFi kind refuses to work without non-free firmware? > 2) Why using Network Manager prevents me from associating with AP? > 3) It wrote all kinds of weird stuff into my resolv.conf, how do I > change that? > 4) What's Predictable Interface Naming, how do I get my wlan0 back? ;) > And regarding hostapd configuration - I recall zero for the last > two-three years. Either it works for anyone out of the box without any > trouble, or, rather, anyone's using consumer-grade WiFi boxen without > any "user-serviceable parts inside". Or we're using consumer-grade wifi hardware but running OpenWrt, so we scrupulously follow the oft-repeated advice to ask only strictly Debian-related questions on this list, and take all our AP configuration questions to the OpenWrt forums ;) > Reco Celejar
