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nadir

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:01 am

It gets better and better.
I booted the antiX-test-release and connected wireless in the blink of an eye. Browsed the web for a few, suddenly had no connection anymore.
Did "ping example.com" and yup, no net. wicd still saying i was connected.
Good. I reconnected: "wrong passphrase" Huh?
Tried: wpa_passphrase my_ssid. No luck.
Booted another liveCD, my actual remix.
Connected immediatly via wicd.
Opened a web-browser: no connection.
pinged example.com: not found
pinged an <IP>: not found.
pinged my server: not found.
And now it gets really wild: I ran "nmap -sP 192.168.178.0/24: all running devices from the net are getting listed.
Trying to figure out if something has gone south with DNS i plugged the cable (now in the "original" router which connects to the net). Nope, works fine, like usual.
In the meantime wicd decided that now a new changel is used.
All that, like said, without that i would have changed anything. It works. It stops working. It changes settings, it moans bout a wrong passphrase which _is_ correct ... all that without any pattern.
I mean: Some people might also want to do something with the network, not just fiddle with it five hours a day. No?
meandean

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:40 am

uggg.....cant post paths....
Last edited by meandean on Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
nadir

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:31 pm

Thanks, that is a helpful summary.
Let me add a bit, so i got it all in one place.
I need to replace the slash with a hypen in paths, else i can't post.
copy
-var-lib-wicd-configurations-01230123
to
-etc-wpa_supplicant.conf
assuming one already connected with wicd to a network.

Code:
  `wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c -etc-wpa_supplicant-wpa_supplicant.conf -d`

with -d being debugging mode, i assume, and then:
dhclient wlan0
to connect.

Code:
  `wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D wext -c -etc-wpa_supplicant-wpa_supplicant.conf -B`

puts it in the background, dhclient command is the same.
Whatever, didn't test it (i was happy that copying the wicd-configs worked:

Code:
  `wpa_passphrase <ssid> <password> >> -etc-wpa_supplicant-wpa_supplicant.conf`

and it might be able to put this in interfaces:

Code:
  `auto wlan0
  iface wlan0 inet dhcp
  wpa-conf -etc-wpa_supplicant-wpa_supplicant.conf`

http://manual.aptosid.com/en/inet-setup-en.htm, given by PenguinSkinner
German, but a list of commands: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/WLAN/wpa_supplicant
meandean

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:03 pm

> I need to replace the slash with a hypen in paths, else i can't post.

yea that is getting really old...
I havent played with wpa in a while so I need to go thru it before I post anything about it. Seems to be multiple ways to use it, not sure if any way is better than another though...
nadir

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:07 pm

> meandean wrote:

> > I need to replace the slash with a hypen in paths, else i can't post.

> yea that is getting really old...

If i didn't understand the build in IRC chat at the antiX forum (rather the info found there), then the same or a similar problem exists there.
As soon i will run into anticapitalista i will ask him about it. It really sucks at times...

> I havent played with wpa in a while so I need to go thru it before I post anything about it. Seems to be multiple ways to use it, not sure if any way is better than another though...

I seldom have to do wireless, and if i forgot how i did it last time.
Hence my main idea is to save as many commands, configs and links in this thread as possible
(instead of asking AuntGoogle each time, searching through lots of pointless results ... etc). What i got now is already a lot, but the more, the better.
meandean

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:43 pm

actually I wonder if that might be a great idea....to have a thread topic and everyone contribute to that one thread
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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:02 am

some info that may be useful
http://linkfam.holeinthewallhosting.net ... ?topic=8.0
not really wicd related tho
nadir

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:51 pm

> meandean wrote:some info that may be useful
> http://linkfam.holeinthewallhosting.net ... ?topic=8.0
> not really wicd related tho

Thanks, looks good.
As i know you i saved it locally, in my zim-folder, will move it to a blog (perhaps).
wicd does not matter.
orange, sweet, word
does not work. What is the correct answer?
meandean

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:56 pm

> As i know you i saved it locally, in my zim-folder, will move it to a blog (perhaps).

smart move

> orange, sweet, word
> does not work. What is the correct answer?

orange grape word
I think if I recall. I cant find the damn quesitons in the admin panel....smf is confusing
nadir

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## Re: wicd, wireless and that

Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:51 pm

That was correct.
I even went to wikipedia and asked for the flavor of grape, but there was no hint (i tried sour and sweet).
I'm on vacation, btw.
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