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Wpa supplicant/Setup for dhcpcd as network manager
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Emerge wpa_supplicant (Version >=2.6-r2 is needed in order to get the CONFIG_MATCH_IFACE option added in April 2017.)
root #
emerge --ask net-wireless/wpa_supplicant
complete its conf.d file with the -M
option
FILE
/etc/conf.d/wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant_args="-B -M -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf"
and run it as a service:
root #
rc-update add wpa_supplicant default
root #
/etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant start