[oe-issues] [Bug 3567] New: add sample wpa_supplicant config to /etc/network/ interfaces file

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http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3567

           Summary: add sample wpa_supplicant config to
                    /etc/network/interfaces file
           Product: Openembedded
           Version: Angstrom 2007.12
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: trivial
          Priority: P2
         Component: Distributions
        AssignedTo: openembedded-issues at lists.openembedded.org
        ReportedBy: deller at gmx.de


I just read the AngstromManual at http://linuxtogo.org/gowiki/AngstromManual on
how to configure WPA. There the following paragraph is written on how to modify
the /etc/network/interfaces file:

To use WPA/PSK encryption the entry would look as follows: 
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
# start wpa_supplicant
     wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
     wpa-driver hostap

I then opened /etc/network/interfaces and found lots of pre-written (but
commented out) parts. The config type above was sadly not there, so I had to
write it completely by hand.

My request here is pretty simple:
Could the above config type be added to the default /etc/network/interfaces
file? Of course it should be commented out by default, but removing a few '#'
characters is much easier than writing it completely by hand.
Here is my proposed addition to the /etc/network/interfaces file:

# sample WPA configuration with wpa_supplicant:
# iface wlan0 inet dhcp
#     wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
#     wpa-driver hostap


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