Re: Is the Wii wifi usable?

[Harold Gutch <logix%foobar.franken.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 02:23:25PM +0200, Leo Lundberg wrote:
> Yes, I've added wpa_supplicant=YES to rc.conf and rebooted it a few times, 
> I also run 'service wpa_supplicant start' which returns that it is already 
> running. But when I do "service wpa_supplicant reload" I get the 
> aforementioned error.

If you have wpa_supplicant=YES and rebooted, it is running and you
don't have to restart it (as your command tells you).  And if you
haven't modified wpa_supplicant.conf since starting it (or rebooting
with wpa_supplicant=YES) you don't need to reload it either, that is
only needed if you modify the configuration since it started.

With a running wpa_supplicant I can "service wpa_supplicant reload"
without seeing your error (that is on current on amd64;  I would need
to dig out the Wii to test evbppc, but I have no reason to assume that
it would behave differently).

The last time I tested evbppc (Wii) a few weeks ago, I followed
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-powerpc/2025/01/19/msg003669.html
and that worked for me.  At this point my best suggestion is to:

- service wpa_supplicant stop
- move /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf aside
- add configuration to wpa_supplicant.conf with the first command from
  Jared's mail (replacing "myssid" and "mypassword" with the right
  values)
- service wpa_supplicant start

(no need to readd 'wpa_supplicant=YES' to your rc.conf if it's already
there).


  Harold