Re: [9fans] Prompt for wpapsk during wifi boot

[Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>]

On June 14, 2023 10:18:13 AM EDT, Luis <luis@ck-weine.ch> wrote:
> According to plan9.ini(8):
> wpapsk=password
>  WPA/WPA2 encryption is detected automatically and a prompt
>  for the password will appear when using the WIFI interface
>  for netbooting. To avoid the prompt, the password can be
>  specified with the boot parameter above.
> 
> However, I do not get said prompt, and when I try to netboot with this
> configuration:
>  ether0=type=iwl
>  essid=myessid
>  bootargs=tls!-g 192.168.1.1 ether /net/ether0
> That (obviously, as I did not enter my wifi creds) fails with
> "ipconfig: no success with DHCP."
> 
> It works if I escape to shell with !rc and run aux/wpa manually.
> 
> How do I get aux/wpa to automatically prompt for a password OR to
> permanently store the password for use at boot time?
> 

not sure what other problems there may be, but make sure essid appears on the same line as ether0.

sl

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