[pkg-wpa-devel] wpa_gui deletes id_str

[Kel Modderman]

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 23:08, Felix Homann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as some of you might remember I like to use wpa_gui as a configuration
> tool, I therefore set "update_config=1" in my wpa_supplicant.conf. It is
> well known and documented  that comments are lost from wpa_supplicant.conf
> when using this option and updating the config.
>
> Unfortunately, even "id_str=..." entries are lost after updating the
> configuration via wpa_gui. Can this be fixed somehow?

Everything can be fixed. Lets report this to Jouni Malinen, and allow him the 
opportunity to correct the behaviour. I am no C++ programmer, so I would have 
quite some difficulty doing it myself. Any help appreciated.


>
> BTW, yes, I still use wpa_action for roaming and have not found a reason to
> reinstall the init script ;-)

Excellent!

It does however have a bad side, I have found:

I find it uncovers flaws in the wifi driver quite well. For example, ipw2200 
does not like many of my WPA networks (but works excellently for a friend) 
and madwifi seems to have issues with some WEP networks. The roaming daemon 
is sensitive to these kind of issues (as it should be), and they can cause 
frustration due to instable connectivity.

So, I have recently attempted to add some resilience to the daemon. It has 
worked to some extent. I am sure any other roaming daemon will also face 
these problems until the quality of wifi on linux improves a bit.

Thanks, Kel.