Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-24 Thread G. Schlisio
Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:28:57 +0200 Von: "Thomas Bächler" An: arch-general@archlinux.org Betreff: Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant Am 23.10.2012 02:42, schrieb Rafael Beraldo: That's interesting. Why is that a bad idea? I used t

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-23 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 23.10.2012 17:14, schrieb nelsonmaram...@gmx.de: > the delay of 10 seconds is recommended by the computing centre which > maintains the university-wide WLAN. Without the delay dhcpcd returns a > timeout. The delay is stupid. And dhcpcd should not even try to get a lease until the connection i

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-23 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:14:09 +0200 nelsonmaram...@gmx.de wrote: > > Original-Nachricht > > Datum: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:28:57 +0200 > > Von: "Thomas Bächler" > > An: arch-general@archlinux.org > > Betreff: Re: [arch-general] Exiting w

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-23 Thread nelsonmarambio
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:28:57 +0200 > Von: "Thomas Bächler" > An: arch-general@archlinux.org > Betreff: Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant > Am 23.10.2012 02:42, schrieb Rafael Beraldo: > > That's interesting.

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-23 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 23.10.2012 02:42, schrieb Rafael Beraldo: > That's interesting. Why is that a bad idea? I used to do it by hand, > waiting for > wpa_supplicant to stablish a connection and then running dhcp. You wait for 10 seconds. That is way too long. A wireless connection is usually established within 3 se

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Rafael Beraldo
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 22.10.2012 17:57, schrieb Nelson Marambio: > > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the > > connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling > > dhcpcd. > > I can't count the number of

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Gaetan Bisson
[2012-10-22 17:57:30 +0200] Nelson Marambio: > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish > the connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by > calling dhcpcd. This 10-second sleep is flaky. Instead, after you've started wpa_supplicant, run `wpa_cli -a /p

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 22.10.2012 17:57, schrieb Nelson Marambio: > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the > connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling > dhcpcd. I can't count the number of reasons why this is a bad idea. I've looked into this topic years

Re: [arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Ray Kohler
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Nelson Marambio wrote: > Dear list, > > I try to write a small shellscript that (dis-)connects me with / from the > WLAN of my university. > > I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the > connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull

[arch-general] Exiting wpa_supplicant

2012-10-22 Thread Nelson Marambio
Dear list, I try to write a small shellscript that (dis-)connects me with / from the WLAN of my university. I use wpa_supplicant in combination with the -B switch to establish the connection. After a pause of 10 seconds I pull an IP address by calling dhcpcd. My question (in context of the