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This commits makes it clearer to a novice reader how to configure several diferent types of SSID connections that were otherwise obscurely documented Resolves #66650
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2.4 KiB
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70 lines
2.4 KiB
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-wireless">
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<title>Wireless Networks</title>
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<para>
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For a desktop installation using NetworkManager (e.g., GNOME), you just have
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to make sure the user is in the <code>networkmanager</code> group and you can
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skip the rest of this section on wireless networks.
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</para>
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<para>
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NixOS will start wpa_supplicant for you if you enable this setting:
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<programlisting>
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<xref linkend="opt-networking.wireless.enable"/> = true;
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</programlisting>
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NixOS lets you specify networks for wpa_supplicant declaratively:
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<programlisting>
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<xref linkend="opt-networking.wireless.networks"/> = {
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echelon = { # SSID with no spaces or special characters
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psk = "abcdefgh";
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};
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"echelon's AP" = { # SSID with spaces and/or special characters
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psk = "ijklmnop";
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};
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echelon = { # Hidden SSID
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hidden = true;
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psk = "qrstuvwx";
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};
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free.wifi = {}; # Public wireless network
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};
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</programlisting>
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Be aware that keys will be written to the nix store in plaintext! When no
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networks are set, it will default to using a configuration file at
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<literal>/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>. You should edit this file
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yourself to define wireless networks, WPA keys and so on (see <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>wpa_supplicant.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry>).
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</para>
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<para>
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If you are using WPA2 you can generate pskRaw key using
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<command>wpa_passphrase</command>:
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt>wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK
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network={
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ssid="echelon"
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#psk="abcdefgh"
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psk=dca6d6ed41f4ab5a984c9f55f6f66d4efdc720ebf66959810f4329bb391c5435
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}
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</screen>
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<programlisting>
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<xref linkend="opt-networking.wireless.networks"/> = {
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echelon = {
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pskRaw = "dca6d6ed41f4ab5a984c9f55f6f66d4efdc720ebf66959810f4329bb391c5435";
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};
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}
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</programlisting>
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or you can use it to directly generate the
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<literal>wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>:
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<screen>
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<prompt># </prompt>wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf</screen>
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After you have edited the <literal>wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>, you need to
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restart the wpa_supplicant service.
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<screen>
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<prompt># </prompt>systemctl restart wpa_supplicant.service</screen>
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</para>
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</section>
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