On Aug 21, 2018 5:46 AM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
>
> On 2018-08-20, Edgar Pettijohn III <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> wrote:
> > I've written a simple gui wifi manager. It can be found at:
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/openbsd-wifi-manager/
>
> I'd strongly recommend using source control rather than just posting a
> zip file. By breaking up development into chunks and describing what
> you've done you can help yourself and others figure things out if a
> change goes wrong, and review it later which can be useful as a learning
> experience.

Agreed. Just wanted an initial look, so I can plan my next steps better. 

>
> > It is very much in an alpha testing phase. I need to clean it up and 
> > make it a little more appealing to the eye. In my limited testing it 
> > works well. If you experience issues please let me know.
> >
> > It requires:
> >
> > OpenBSD (tested on 6.3)
>
> Comments from reading the code,
>
> - Not sure if it was changed before or after 6.3, but certainly in
> -current "ifconfig scan" no longer requires root.

Good to know.

>
> - Some drivers report dB values (and iirc some are + some are -),
> others report %, so the signal strength mechanism won't work in some
> cases

Where can I find more about that? Is it in the individual manuals or will I 
have to dig through the driver code?

>
> - Doesn't handle open networks
>

Aware, but I haven't seen an open network in quite some time. Not sure if it's 
necessary. I guess it wouldn't hurt though.

> - (Might want some rethink to cater for "ifconfig join" in -current)
>

I saw this. I'm waiting for 6.4 so I can play around with it.

> - Doesn't really need to fire off dhclient if it's already running
> on the interface?

Will dhclient automatically see it's a new network?

>
>
> On 2018-08-20, Consus <con...@ftml.net> wrote:
> > Oh my god, why sourceforge?
>
> Why not? At least it's not gitlab or github!
>
>
I like sourceforge.

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