Quoting arne (2019-05-28 04:37:46) > On Mon, 27 May 2019 09:29:46 +0200 > Jonas Smedegaard <jo...@jones.dk> wrote: > > > Quoting Patrick Bartek (2019-05-27 03:49:06) > > > Needing to convert this box from wired ethernet to wireless, I > > > searched for a suitable network manager and wicd looked good: No > > > desktop environment dependencies (I use a window manager Openbox > > > and single lxpanel), compatibility with Openbox, etc. > > > > [ unneeded systemd details snipped ] > > > > > After more investigating, I came across wifi-radar whose simulated > > > install doesn't muck my system. Any suggestions for something > > > better? I could just go with iwconfig or iw? No big deal. I've > > > done it before. But being lazy, if I can find an app to do the > > > work, so much the better. > > > > Here are the options I know of which provides a UI with wifi strength > > and being more lightweight than network-manager, listed in order of > > personal preference for install on Buster (some, iwd in particular, > > is notably less mature on Stretch): > > > > iwd is extremely lightweight console-only tool yet provides > > interactive probing of wifi strength. It integrates fine with > > network-manager and systemd if a) explicitly telling those systems to > > use it and b) explicitly turned off wpasupplicant. > > > > connman is in my experience more reliable than wicd but looks ugly. > > > > wicd felt unreliable in my experience - but possibly I didn't give it > > enough attention (see above about disabling wpasupplicant). > > > > iw + wifi-radar if all else fails. :-) > > > > > > - Jonas > > > > > > P.S. At first I skipped this excellent question due to it being > > presented as a rant about systemd. I dearly recommend to _avoid_ > > mixing rants with questions, as you then are more likely to miss > > valuable input. > > > On a headless system I want connection on preferred system, when not > available to another system. > I want this without GUI > > I tried wicd and hate networkmanager. > > Any hints on cli is welcome!
If you mean wifi device auto-connecting to one or another hotspot depending on availability, then I think iwd can handle that by first interactively connecting to each hotspot and then flagging those connections to permit auto-connecting. If you mean shuffling between different devices (e.g. use wired when plugged in otherwise wireless, or use one or another wired connection across several ethernet devices) then I think simplest is to set them all to auto-connect concurrently (with systemd with a flag, otherwise use netplug) and setup their routing priority - the "metric". - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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