Dennis Gilmore wrote: >> I was looking through /var/log/ on my laptop, >> and saw that there were a number of wpa_supplicant.log* files. >> I found this slightly puzzling, as I am not using WPA. >> I ran "chkconfig --list | grep wpa" and found that >> wpa_supplicant was indeed off. >> >> But when I ran "ps aux | grep wpa" I saw that >> wpa_supplicant was nevertheless running. >> So I ran "sudo service wpa_supplicant stop". >> This had the immediate effect of breaking my WiFi connection, >> which only started again when I ran "sudo service NetworkManager >> restart". >> >> If in fact wpa_supplicant is a necessary part of NetworkManager >> even if one is not using WPA, >> would it not make more sense to change its name? >> >> Everything to do with WiFi in Fedora seems bizarre and confusing ... > > NetworkManager uses wpa_supplicant to do network security this way it > doesnt > need to reinvent the wheel. it is the same on all distros. What is the same on all distros? Wpa_supplicant? NetworkManager? NetworkManager using wpa_supplicant? If in fact a program called wpa_supplicant is run in order to establish WiFi security even if WPA is not being used, it would surely be better to call it something like WiFi-security. Would you wait at a bus-stop to catch a taxi? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
