network-manager
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| + | ====== Network manager ====== | ||
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| + | I have tried NetworkManager and Wicd and was unable to configure them to do what I wish (despite being just a regular laptop user). People keep asking what do I use instead: my own scripts. They are very simple and crude, but easier to use and debug than some daemons, at least for my use-case. | ||
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| + | http://jenda.hrach.eu/gitweb/?p=network-manager;a=summary | ||
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| + | Config files: wpa_supplicant blocks in /root/nm/*.conf. E.g. /root/nm/nsa.conf | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | network={ | ||
| + | ssid="nsalitomerice" | ||
| + | psk="MsTD2Q2tpRA" | ||
| + | priority=1000 | ||
| + | disabled=0 | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | Scripts: | ||
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| + | * cn: connect to a wifi network. Argument: network handle (or pick one automatically if none is given) | ||
| + | * cne: connect to an ethernet network (could be extended to use a fixed MAC, 802.1x or static IP - I use such network only very rarely, so it's not scripted) | ||
| + | * cnlog: log basic information about network we have just connected to | ||
| + | * rn: drop connection to network | ||
| + | * swi: switch interfaces. Arguments: old, new. E.g. swi eth0 wlan0 to switch from wired to wireless. Does not take care about DHCP client, so your lease may expire. | ||
| + | * warn_services: show if something is listening to the world. My distribution (Debian) used to have really shitty init system that occasionally started network services despite being disabled. So I was for example broadcasting private Samba shares to public networks. Now one shitty init has been changed for another shitty one (systemd) and other applications [[:et|keep listening]]. | ||
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| + | ===== BUGS ===== | ||
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| + | * Option to disable roaming between APs of the same SSID. I have not found how to do this in wpa_supplicant. | ||
| + | * Make adding a new wireless network easier. | ||
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