Re: [dwm] OT: Wireless in dwm

I use a little program called wifiroamd:
Name : wifiroamd Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.15 Vendor: duckland.org
Release : 1.fc10 Build Date: Sat 18 Apr 2009 05:34:20 AM CST
Install Date: Sat 18 Apr 2009 05:35:09 AM CST Build Host: loki.home.duckland.org
Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: wifiroamd-1.15-1.fc10.src.rpm
Size : 53849 License: GPL+
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Sat 18 Apr 2009 05:34:21 AM CST, Key ID e87d8bf6d1492e0c
Packager : duckland.org
URL : http://www.tummy.com/Community/software/wifiroamd/
Summary : Automatic WiFi connection (re)establishment daemon
Description :
WiFiRoamd is a program that monitors your wireless device to keep it
connected to a good access point. It will scan looking for a known AP, or
will try the AP with the strongest un-encrypted signal. If a script is
found for the specific AP ESSID or MAC address is found, that script is
run. Otherwise, a "default" script is run.

After that script is run, scripts in the "up.d" directory are run. These
implement extra functionality such as DHCP, ESSID "pinning" (where it
explicitly does "iwconfig $DEVICE essid $ESSID", so that you don't
accidentally wander to another AP) and other local things such as
restarting OpenVPN, etc.

Don

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 06:31:43PM -0400, Ammar James wrote to To dwm mail list:
> here is what i do:

> fire up urxvt:
> # iwlist wlan0 scan
> # iwconfig wlan0 essid NameOfWirelessNetwork key foobar123 #ap {MAC
> address} (optional)
> # iwconfig #just to see if it worked.
> # dhcpcd -d wlan0 #-d flag stands for debug, but its really
> analogous to --verbose
> # firefox & #if all goes well.

> hope that helps.

> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Lee Azzarello <lee_AT_dropio.com> wrote:
> > Yea, thanks Niki!

> > -lee

> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Niki Yoshiuchi <aplusbi_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I can send you my wpa_supplicant.conf plus some scripts I wrote if you
> >> want.  I don't have them at work but I can get them to you in a couple of
> >> hours.

> >> They could probably use some work, but you should get the basic idea.

> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Lee Azzarello <lee_AT_dropio.com> wrote:

> >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jeremy Jay <dinkumator_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > I used to use stalonetray to be able to access nm-applet for wireless.

> >>> > But I've recently gotten a pretty good config going for wpa_supplicant
> >>> > that auto-connects to my secure wireless, but also uses any unsecured
> >>> > networks automatically when I'm on the road. It's pretty straightforward
> >>> > to setup, and it connects faster than network manager in most cases.

> >>> Could you point to a decent tutorial for configuring wpa_supplicant?
> >>> The man page is like reading an architectural spec for a nuclear power
> >>> plant when all you wanted to do was find a light switch.

> >>> -lee

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