For the sake of absolute simplicity I'll assume here the DefaultFixed NCP.
My wired and wireless interfaces have been respectively renamed to e0 and w0.
In this scenario, to manually establish a Wi-Fi connection is not that difficult.
The best of all is that you can do it with a few CLI commands.
You may need to double-check what wireless networks are in range:
# dladm scan-wifi
...
To connect to a secure wireless network you need to define a security object.
This object will typically store a WPA2 shared secret key:
# dladm create-secobj -c wpa secobj-W0
provide value for 'secobj-W0':
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confirm value for 'secobj-W0':
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# dladm show-secobj
OBJECT CLASS
secobj-W0 wpa
Now it shall be possible to successfully connect to the proected wireless network.
Specify the wireless network, the security object and the wireless interface:
# dladm connect-wifi -e W0 -k secobj-W0 w0
If everything went well you'll get something such as:
# dladm show-wifi
LINK STATUS ESSID SEC STRENGTH MODE SPEED
w0 connected W0 wpa excellent g 54Mb
# dladm show-link
LINK CLASS MTU STATE OVER
w0 phys 1500 up --
e0 phys 1500 unknown --
We have just enabled the link w0 corresponding to the secure wireless network W0.
Now just conclude the usual network configuration over the link w0.
For instance:
# ipadm show-if
IFNAME CLASS STATE ACTIVE OVER
lo0 loopback ok yes --
# ipadm create-ip w0
# ipadm show-if
IFNAME CLASS STATE ACTIVE OVER
lo0 loopback ok yes --
w0 ip down no --
# ipadm create-addr -T dhcp -h vbox-1 w0/v4
# ipadm show-addr
lo0/v4 static ok 127.0.0.1/8
w0/v4 dhcp ok 10.0.0.7/28
lo0/v6 static ok ::1/128
This setup do not not automatically reconnect to W0 upon reboot.
Would this be by design of the fixed network configuration? I do not yet know.
By contrast, the reactive network configuration, such as the Automatic NCP does.
After a reboot it suffices to reenter the dladm connect-wifi command as above.
By the way, before shutdown or reboot it's advisable to manually disconnect.
Not issuing dladm disconnect-wifi before shutdown causes it to take a long time.
