Re: 9.1.0 : netinst : installs well, but useless after firstboot

[Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com>]

On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 11:49:01PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 17:27:57 -0400, Henning Follmann wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 08:08:42PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Fri 06 Oct 2017 at 11:59:17 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > > 
> > Sorry to interrupt here.
> > In case of no NM and the /e/n/i issues might I suggest systemd-networkd?
> > It is really reliable in bringing up any connection.
> 
> You certainly can suggest it. I am sure it would fit the bill; as would
> connman. (The Debian approach of leaving a user with no connectivity
> after an installation which requires it must be a first in Linux, so
> anything which restores connectivity cannot be bad).
> 
> > There is a fairly good example how to do it here:
> > https://sunweavers.net/blog/node/34
> > 
> > It is definitely a better setup than /e/n/i.
> 
> Does it handle wireless roaming? ifupdown + wpa_supplicant does.

Any way what method you are using it depends on wpa_supplicant.
The config file can have multiple network definitions in it.
What differs is how you add a new stanza into that file and where the file
is located.

-H


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Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com>