Traditionally configure wlan?

[Josef Wolf]

On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 06:58:34PM +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Josef Wolf wrote:
> > I am trying to configure wlan without the use of networkmanager. I
> >  want to do that with the traditional method for two reasons:
> > 
> > 1. The wlan interface should go up automatically even when nobody is
> >    logged in (so networkmanager is not even running)
> > 2. I prefer to configure my systems automatically (with a system
> >    similar to cfengine)
> [...]
> 
> Sorry, I don't know cfengine, but I think WICD should do what you want. 
> It connects to the network as soon as it is available, it can select one 
> of many wireless networks and prefer wired if available.

Thanks for your hint, Nils!

AFAICS, Wicd is a GUI tool, right? This does not play well with the
"configure my systems automatically" part of my original post. Automatic
configuration is best done by editing config files or running non-interactive
scripts or something. Interactive configuration (as it gets more and more
popular in new disros :-( ) is a big showstopper for automatic configurations.

> > But I don't see how to shut down wlan when eth0 comes up (and vice
> >  versa).
> 
> Well, that's something Wicd probably can't do.

Hmm, AFAICS, wicd can also handle wired connections, so why would it not be
able to shut down wlan when wired comes up?

> > Second question is, how do I make sure that only WPA2 is used? And
> >  how do all those acronyms (TKIP/CCMP/RSN/whatever) impact security?
> 
> The links posted in this mail
> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2010-March/212698.html> 
> might be what you're looking for.

Thanks, I'll check that out.