From 2a778912251874f9b808f82e61244efcd12210aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akshay Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:40:50 +0530 Subject: rerender with pandoc --- docs/posts/WPA_woes/index.html | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/posts/WPA_woes') diff --git a/docs/posts/WPA_woes/index.html b/docs/posts/WPA_woes/index.html index e329df6..f3fcfcf 100644 --- a/docs/posts/WPA_woes/index.html +++ b/docs/posts/WPA_woes/index.html @@ -37,48 +37,52 @@ WPA Woes
-

I finally got around to installing Void GNU/Linux on my main -computer. Rolling release, non-systemd, need I say more?

- -

As with all GNU/Linux distributions, wireless networks had -me in a fix. If you can see this post, it means I've managed -to get online. It turns out, wpa_supplicant was detecting the -wrong interface by default (does it ever select the right -one?). Let us fix that:

- -
$ sudo rm -r /var/service/wpa_supplicant
-$ sudo killall dhcpcd
-
- + + + + + + + WPA_woes + + + + +

I finally got around to installing Void GNU/Linux on my main computer. Rolling release, non-systemd, need I say more?

+

As with all GNU/Linux distributions, wireless networks had me in a fix. If you can see this post, it means I’ve managed to get online. It turns out, wpa_supplicant was detecting the wrong interface by default (does it ever select the right one?). Let us fix that:

+
$ sudo rm -r /var/service/wpa_supplicant
+$ sudo killall dhcpcd

What is the right interface though?

- 
$ iw dev
    ...
    Interface wlp2s0
-   ...
-
- -

Aha! Let us run wpa_supplicant on that interface, as a -background process:

- -
$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+   ...
+

Aha! Let us run wpa_supplicant on that interface, as a background process:

+
$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
 $ sudo dhcpcd -B wlp2s0
 $ ping google.com
-PING ...
-
- +PING ...

Yay! Make those changes perpetual by enabling the service:

- 
------------------------------------------------------
-# Add these to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
-OPTS="-B"
-WPA_INTERFACE="wlp2s0"
+# Add these to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+OPTS="-B"
+WPA_INTERFACE="wlp2s0"
 ------------------------------------------------------
-$ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/wpa_supplicant /var/service/
-$ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dhcpcd /var/service/
+$ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/wpa_supplicant /var/service/
+$ sudo ln -s /etc/sv/dhcpcd /var/service/
 $ sudo sv restart wpa_supplicant
-$ sudo sv restart dhcpcd
-
+$ sudo sv restart dhcpcd + +
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