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[edit] Please note that wireless profile support is now provided by netcfg

See here for details.

A wireless profile is a named setup for a given wireless connection. In order to create a profile, you must create a /etc/conf.d/wireless-profiles/<profile name> directory - here we will use the profile named "sample".

[edit] /etc/conf.d/wireless-profiles/<profile-name>

This script is nothing like th current profile example in the network-scripts dir and apparently a separate profile directory is not necessary, just name the config file after your profile.

#! /bin/sh
#----
# The following sample contains the bare minimum working wireless
#  profile.  Other options are commented below.  Copy this script
#  and modify for a working profile.
#----

INTERFACE="wlan0"
#
# Interface options (same as in rc.conf) - either dhcp or paramters for ifconfig
IFOPTS="dhcp"
# IFOPTS="wlan0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#
# Wireless ESSID (extended network name)
ESSID="SAMPLE"


# This value is free-form, used for informational scripts
# INFO="Sample Wireless Profile"
#
# Network/Domain ID
# NWID=""
#
# Mode [[Ad-Hoc, Auto, Managed, Master, Repeater, Secondary, Shared]]
# MODE=""
#
# Frequency or Channel of Wireless Radio
# FREQ=""
# CHANNEL=""
#
# Signal Sensitivity
# SENS=""
#
# TX/RX Bit Rate
# RATE="auto"
#
# Encryption Key (see `man iwconfig` for extended information
# KEY="00000000000000000000000000"
#
# RTS Threshold
# RTS=""
#
# Fragmentation Threshold
# FRAG=""
#
# Misc Parameters for iwconfig
# PARAMS=""

[edit] /etc/conf.d/wireless-profiles/sample/wpa

A wpa_supplicant configuration for this profile <optional>

[edit] /etc/conf.d/wireless-profiles/sample/{connected,disconnected}

These files are scripts to be executed once the interface is connected or disconnected. <optional>

Other files can/will be added as the script evolves.