Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:36:49 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Zak <zacts.3.14159@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: port OpenBSD ifconfig to FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAJ-VmokWjx9whJqo_gtw9OS1uXg0vT2tRB8Uf%2BhGuC9cWGxEqA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAehmOGndGcgXKSrBk1GW9RqKin=dUqNkBugGzzoEDs_ryrMQg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAehmOGndGcgXKSrBk1GW9RqKin=dUqNkBugGzzoEDs_ryrMQg@mail.gmail.com>
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hi! On Tue, 14 Sept 2021 at 21:04, Zak <zacts.3.14159@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi, > > how involved would it be to port the OpenBSD ifconfig command and > functionality to FreeBSD? my use case for this would be to add support > to FreeBSD ifconfig that would allow me to interactively connect to > WPA networks, including secrets and keys,, via the command line > without resorting to externally packaged wpa network tools or editing > a file like wpa_supplicant.conf. > > see: https://man.openbsd.org/ifconfig.8 > It's not that easy; openbsd moved a bunch of functionality around to support WPA in their net80211. We don't have that; it's driven by userspace. Although! If you're asking about better tools to configure a wpa_supplicant process, that would be nice to code up and put into base. -adrian
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