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On 2019年2月15日 8:23:04 JST, Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 9:30 AM <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 09:10:08AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
>> > I occasionally run, what I will describe as "Coffee House Lan
>Parties".
>> > That means I connect to the Internet via WiFi, and then supply a
>"Local
>> > Ethernet" network (with ipv4), for others to connect with.
>> >
>> > Doing this with Network Manager "worked", but only with "loud
>> complaining"
>> > by Network Manager.
>> >
>> > What I want now, are the "steps" that Network Manager takes, to
>bring up
>> > WiFi, so I can create an "in-demand" Root-level Script that I can
>run,
>> for
>> > the WiFi part.  (The rest works fine, using
>/etc/network/interfaces).
>>
>> Actually ifupdown is perfectly capable of doing the work (well, it
>just
>> orchestrates it, but it commes with all the necessary scripts for
>that).
>>
>> Here's my stanza in /etc/network/interfaces (passphrase somewhat
>decorated,
>> to protect the innocent):
>>
>>   iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>>     wpa-ssid dubcek
>>     wpa-psk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>
>> That's all it is needed for ifup to set up wlan0, go out with DHCP
>and
>> fetch an IP address from our local DHCP server.
>>
>> Of course it relies on wpasupplicant and dhclient to do the actual
>> magic behind the scenes.
>>
>
>What did you have to do, the first time?  When you were determining the
>Network Name (wpa-ssid)?  (Having to know everything in advance isn't
>too
>cool,  when you visit multiple Coffee Houses. And connecting to the
>wrong
>ssid could get you into some  *SERIOUS*  trouble!)
>
>I am doing my own investigation, by the way, finding general
>information
>on a "competing" Distro (Arch):
>
>   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant
>
>This site suggests that wpa_cli gives useful information,  so I will
>see
>what that looks like, and then use your interfaces method.
>
>Enjoy simple life :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> -- t
>>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Kenneth Parker

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

<https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/wi-fi-command-line>

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WiFi without Network Manager Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-02-12 15:20 +0100
  Re: WiFi without Network Manager <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-12 15:40 +0100
    Re: WiFi without Network Manager Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-02-12 15:50 +0100
      Re: WiFi without Network Manager <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-12 16:00 +0100
        Re: WiFi without Network Manager Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-02-12 19:00 +0100
          Re: WiFi without Network Manager Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2019-02-12 19:50 +0100
            Re: WiFi without Network Manager Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2019-02-12 20:10 +0100
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