Subject: Re: [SoC 2007] User-friendly wifi browser proposal
To: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: tech-net
Date: 03/26/2007 07:00:48
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:41:28 -0500
David Young <dyoung@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Please bear in mind that with NetBSD's ifconfig, we cannot presently
> configure all of the WiFi options that the kernel supports. It will
> probably be necessary to activate wpa_supplicant in order to associate
> with any WPA/WPA2 network.
>
The whole question of setting media options and interfacing with
dhclient requires some thought.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb