从平原到山地

500 miles, 800公里, 从Dayton OH到Clemson SC, 从小城市到小镇,从北边到南边,从EO到CE,做了好大的转变,继续前行. 本以为孤家寡人没什么行李,结果拾掇拾掇整理出一堆,车后座堆到一人高,垃圾还是攒的很多. 小潘曾给我看的一个老头的talkshow, "My shit is stuff, their stuff is shit", 还是有些应景. 路上9个小时,前半段一直在下雨,路上就是在山里面绕来绕去,路很窄,上上下下的. 南方天气又潮又热,我这个浙江人在ohio呆了这么久都已经忘了家乡的夏天了,颇有些不习惯.

房子是已经联系好的, 2 bedroom town house, 挺满意的, 室友人很好. 环境非常乡下, 好像就是在丛林中开辟出来的一条小道和一片房子. 公交车免费, 去学校转了转, 大太阳底下按照地图找房子,更何况没有东南西北的意识,很晕,以后熟悉了就好了吧. 中午吃的是asian express, 白饭加两个炒得发甜的肉,已经是惊喜了,这比光汉堡皮萨好多了.

实验室的人都还没到,老板还在外地开会,系里的小秘没找到,这周可以过几天自在日子,下周就要开始忙了.

wpa wireless setup in gentoo

Reference: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_install_wpa_supplicant


1. # echo "net-wireless/wpa_supplicant madwifi" >> /etc/portage/package.use
2. # emerge -av wpa_supplicant
3. # wpa_passphrase "ssid" "wpa_passphrase" % get the psk
4. % create /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
# ap_scan=1 was the one for me you may try 0 or 2 indstead of 1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network={
ssid="ssid"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
#psk="passphrase"
psk=xxxxx # a bunch of numbers and letters from wpa_passphrase
}


To start the network:

1. # ifconfig ath0 up
2. # wpa_supplicant -B -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi
%% -B is the daemon mode, -d is the live mode
3. dhcpcd ath0

%% if dhcpcd has a time out, use `iwlist ath0 scan' to check the channel number and then change (ap_scan) in the config file. restart wpa_supplicant (if it's in daemon mode, kill the process and then restart)