blogng/blog/2018-08-04-freebsd-wifi-configuration.markdown
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import sys
import yaml

with open(sys.argv[1]) as fp:
    data = fp.read()

if not data.find("---") == 0:
    # no head
    print("NO YAML HEAD FOUND")
    sys.exit(-1)

data = data[3:]
head_end = data.find("---")

head = data[0:head_end]
data = data[head_end+3:]

metadata = yaml.safe_load(head)

cats = metadata.pop('categories', None)
if cats != None:
    if type(cats) == list:
        tags = cats
    elif type(cats) == str:
        tags = cats.split()

    tags = list(map(lambda t: t.lower(), tags))

    metadata["tags"] = ", ".join(tags)
    new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}"
    # write it
    print(f"coverted: categories to tags: {tags} - {sys.argv[1]}")
    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp:
        fp.write(new_data)
    sys.exit(0)

if not metadata.get("tags", None):
    metadata["tags"] = "untagged"
    new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}"
    print(f"untagged: {sys.argv[1]}")
    # write it
    with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp:
        fp.write(new_data)
    sys.exit(0)

print("No changes needed")
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---
comments: true
date: 2018-08-04
layout: post
tags: freebsd, notes, short
title: FreeBSD wifi configuration
---
To setup mulitple wlan profiles on FreeBSD and connect to them
automatically one can use `wpa_supplicant(8)`. To do this, add
following entries to rc.conf(5).
```
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
```
This tells the system to run `wpa_supplicant` and `dhcpd` on the
interface while coming up.
To store wifi profiles, use `wpa_supplicant.conf(8)`. For example, to
add a totaly made up WPA endpoint, append
```
network={
ssid="apOne"
psk="pass"
}
```
To add an open wifi (don't recommend this, but if you really want to)
```
network={
ssid="CityLibrary"
key_mgmt=NONE
}
```
Now `wpa_supplicant` will search and connect you the next available
AP. You can control the order by setting the `priority` key. By
default all networks have priority 0, the higher value, the higher
priority.
This assumes you have setup your wireless card according to [FreeBSD
handbook](https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html).