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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-download-http
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8 | "http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-md5sum "091569eb4440b7d7f2b4276dbfc03c3c">
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11 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-size "2.6 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-buildsize "36 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY wpa_supplicant-time "0.4 SBU (includes optional gui)">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="wpa_supplicant" xreflabel="wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="wpa_supplicant.html"?>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1info>
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20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>wpa_supplicant-&wpa_supplicant-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-wpa_supplicant">wpa_supplicant</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to WPA Supplicant</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>
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34 | <application>WPA Supplicant</application> is a Wi-Fi Protected Access
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35 | (WPA) client and IEEE 802.1X supplicant. It implements WPA key negotiation
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36 | with a WPA Authenticator and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
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37 | authentication with an Authentication Server. In addition, it controls the
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38 | roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wireless LAN
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39 | driver. This is useful for connecting to a password protected wireless
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40 | access point.
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41 | </para>
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42 |
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43 | &lfs80_checked;
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44 |
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45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>
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49 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&wpa_supplicant-download-http;"/>
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50 | </para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&wpa_supplicant-download-ftp;"/>
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download MD5 sum: &wpa_supplicant-md5sum;
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Download size: &wpa_supplicant-size;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Estimated disk space required: &wpa_supplicant-buildsize;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>
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74 | Estimated build time: &wpa_supplicant-time;
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75 | </para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | </itemizedlist>
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78 |
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79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">WPA Supplicant Dependencies</bridgehead>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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82 | <para role="recommended">
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83 | <xref linkend="libnl"/> and
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84 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>
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85 | </para>
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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88 | <para role="optional">
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89 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>, and
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91 | <xref linkend="qt5"/>
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92 | </para>
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93 |
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94 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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95 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/wpa_supplicant"/>
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96 | </para>
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97 |
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98 | </sect2>
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99 |
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100 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="wpa_supplicant-kernel">
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101 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para>
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104 | Enable the following options in the kernel configuration as well as
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105 | specific device drivers for your hardware and recompile the kernel if
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106 | necessary:
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107 | </para>
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108 |
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109 | <screen><literal>[*] Networking support ---> [CONFIG_NET]
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110 | [*] Wireless ---> [CONFIG_WIRELESS]
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111 | <*/M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API [CONFIG_CFG80211]
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112 | [*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility [CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT]
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113 | <*/M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) [CONFIG_MAC80211]
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114 | Device Drivers --->
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115 | [*] Network device support ---> [CONFIG_NETDEVICES]
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116 | [*] Wireless LAN ---> [CONFIG_WLAN]</literal></screen>
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117 |
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118 | <para>
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119 | Open the submenu and select the options that support your hardware:
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120 | <command>lspci</command> from <xref linkend="pciutils"/> can be used to
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121 | view your hardware configuration.
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-kernel">
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125 | <primary sortas="d-wpa_supplicant">wpa_supplicant</primary>
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126 | </indexterm>
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127 | </sect2>
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128 |
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129 | <sect2 role="installation">
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130 | <title>Installation of WPA Supplicant</title>
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131 |
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132 | <para>
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133 | First you will need to create an initial configuration file for the
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134 | build process. You can read <filename>wpa_supplicant/README</filename>
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135 | and <filename>wpa_supplicant/defconfig</filename> for the explanation
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136 | of the following options as well as other options that can be used.
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137 | Create a build configuration file that should work for standard WiFi
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138 | setups by running the following command:
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139 | </para>
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140 |
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141 | <screen><userinput>cat > wpa_supplicant/.config << "EOF"
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142 | <literal>CONFIG_BACKEND=file
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143 | CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y
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144 | CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y
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145 | CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y
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146 | CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG_FACILITY=LOG_DAEMON
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147 | CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
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148 | CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT=y
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149 | CONFIG_DRIVER_WIRED=y
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150 | CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y
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151 | CONFIG_EAP_LEAP=y
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152 | CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y
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153 | CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y
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154 | CONFIG_EAP_OTP=y
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155 | CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y
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156 | CONFIG_EAP_TLS=y
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157 | CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
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158 | CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y
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159 | CONFIG_IPV6=y
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160 | CONFIG_LIBNL32=y
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161 | CONFIG_PEERKEY=y
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162 | CONFIG_PKCS12=y
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163 | CONFIG_READLINE=y
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164 | CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y
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165 | CONFIG_WPS=y
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166 | CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/libnl3</literal>
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167 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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168 |
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169 | <para>
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170 | If you wish to use <application>WPA Supplicant</application> with
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171 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>, make sure that you have installed
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172 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> and <xref linkend="libxml2"/>, then add the
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173 | following options to the <application>WPA Supplicant</application>
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174 | build configuration file by running the following command:
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175 | </para>
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176 |
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177 | <screen><userinput>cat >> wpa_supplicant/.config << "EOF"
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178 | <literal>CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS=y
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179 | CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW=y
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180 | CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO=y</literal>
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181 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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182 |
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183 | <para>
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184 | Install <application>WPA Supplicant</application> by running the
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185 | following commands:
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186 | </para>
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187 |
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188 | <screen><userinput>cd wpa_supplicant &&
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189 | make BINDIR=/sbin LIBDIR=/lib</userinput></screen>
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190 |
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191 | <para>
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192 | If you have installed <xref linkend="qt5"/> and wish to build
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193 | the <application>WPA Supplicant</application> GUI program, run
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194 | the following commands:
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195 | </para>
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196 |
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197 | <note><para>The following directory name is labelled qt4, but
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198 | is compatible with <xref linkend="qt5"/>.</para></note>
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199 |
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200 | <screen><userinput>pushd wpa_gui-qt4 &&
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201 | qmake wpa_gui.pro &&
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202 | make &&
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203 | popd</userinput></screen>
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204 |
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205 | <para>
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206 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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207 | </para>
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208 |
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209 | <para>
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210 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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211 | </para>
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212 |
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213 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 wpa_{cli,passphrase,supplicant} /sbin/ &&
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214 | install -v -m644 doc/docbook/wpa_supplicant.conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5/ &&
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215 | install -v -m644 doc/docbook/wpa_{cli,passphrase,supplicant}.8 /usr/share/man/man8/</userinput></screen>
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216 |
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217 | <para revision="systemd">
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218 | Install the <application>systemd</application> support files by
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219 | running the following command as the <systemitem
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220 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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221 | </para>
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222 |
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223 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -m644 systemd/*.service /lib/systemd/system/</userinput></screen>
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224 |
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225 | <para>
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226 | If you have built <application>WPA Supplicant</application> with
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227 | <application>D-Bus</application> support, you will need to install
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228 | <application>D-Bus</application> configuration files. Install them
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229 | by running the following commands as the
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230 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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231 | </para>
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232 |
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233 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 dbus/fi.{epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant,w1.wpa_supplicant1}.service \
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234 | /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/ &&
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235 | install -v -m644 dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf \
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236 | /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf</userinput></screen>
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237 |
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238 | <para revision="systemd">
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239 | Additionally, enable the <filename>wpa_supplicant.service</filename>
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240 | so that <application>systemd</application> can properly activate the
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241 | <application>D-Bus</application> service. Note that the
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242 | per-connection service and the D-Bus service cannot be enabled
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243 | at the same time. Run the following command as the
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244 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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245 | </para>
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246 |
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247 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable wpa_supplicant</userinput></screen>
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248 |
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249 | <para>
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250 | If you have built the <application>WPA Supplicant</application> GUI
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251 | program, install it by running the following commands as the
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252 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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253 | </para>
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254 |
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255 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 wpa_gui-qt4/wpa_gui /usr/bin/ &&
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256 | install -v -m644 doc/docbook/wpa_gui.8 /usr/share/man/man8/ &&
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257 | install -v -m644 wpa_gui-qt4/wpa_gui.desktop /usr/share/applications/ &&
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258 | install -v -m644 wpa_gui-qt4/icons/wpa_gui.svg /usr/share/pixmaps/</userinput></screen>
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259 |
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260 | <note>
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261 | <para>
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262 | You will need to restart the system <application>D-Bus</application> daemon
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263 | before you can use the <application>WPA Supplicant</application>
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264 | <application>D-Bus</application> interface.
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265 | </para>
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266 | </note>
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267 |
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268 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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269 | href="../../xincludes/update-desktop-database.xml"/>
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270 |
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271 | </sect2>
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272 |
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273 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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274 | <title>Configuring wpa_supplicant</title>
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275 |
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276 | <sect3 id="wpa_supplicant-config">
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277 | <title>Config File</title>
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278 |
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279 | <para revision="sysv">
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280 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</filename>
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281 | </para>
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282 |
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283 | <para revision="systemd">
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284 | <filename>/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</filename>
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285 | </para>
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286 |
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287 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-config" revision="sysv">
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288 | <primary
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289 | sortas="e-etc-sysconfig-wpa_supplicant-star.conf">/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</primary>
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290 | </indexterm>
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291 |
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292 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-config" revision="systemd">
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293 | <primary
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294 | sortas="e-etc-wpa_supplicant-wpa_supplicant-star.conf">/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-*.conf</primary>
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295 | </indexterm>
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296 |
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297 | </sect3>
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298 |
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299 | <sect3>
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300 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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301 |
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302 | <para>
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303 | To connect to an access point that uses a password, you need to put
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304 | the pre-shared key in
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305 | <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>
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306 | /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename>.</phrase>
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307 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>
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308 | /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename>.</phrase>
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309 | SSID is the string that the access point/router transmits to
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310 | identify itself. Run the following command as the
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311 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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312 | </para>
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313 |
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314 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>wpa_passphrase <replaceable>SSID</replaceable> <replaceable>SECRET_PASSWORD</replaceable> > /etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</userinput></screen>
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315 |
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316 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /etc/wpa_supplicant &&
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317 | wpa_passphrase <replaceable>SSID</replaceable> <replaceable>SECRET_PASSWORD</replaceable> > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</userinput></screen>
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318 |
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319 | <para>
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320 | <phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf </filename></phrase>
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321 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename></phrase>
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322 | can hold the details of several access points. When
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323 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command> is started, it will scan for the
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324 | SSIDs it can see and choose the appropriate password to connect.
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325 | </para>
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326 |
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327 | <para>
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328 | If you want to connect to an access point that isn't password
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329 | protected, put an entry like this in
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330 | <phrase revision="sysv" ><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename></phrase>
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331 | <phrase revision="systemd"><filename>/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>.conf</filename></phrase>.
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332 | Replace "Some-SSID" with the SSID of the access point/router.
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333 | </para>
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334 |
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335 | <screen>network={
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336 | ssid="<replaceable>Some-SSID</replaceable>"
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337 | key_mgmt=NONE
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338 | }</screen>
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339 |
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340 | <para>Connecting to a new access point that is not in the configuration
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341 | file can be accomplished manually via the command line or GUI, but it
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342 | must be done via a privileged user. To do that, add the following to the
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343 | configuration file:</para>
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344 |
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345 | <screen>ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=<privileged group>
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346 | update_config=1</screen>
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347 |
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348 | <para>
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349 | Replace the <privileged group> above with a system group where
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350 | members have the ability to connect to a wireless access point.
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351 | </para>
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352 |
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353 | <para>
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354 | There are many options that you could use to tweak how you connect
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355 | to each access point. They are described in some detail in the
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356 | <filename>wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf</filename> file in the
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357 | source tree.
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358 | </para>
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359 |
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360 | </sect3>
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361 |
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362 | <sect3>
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363 | <title>Connecting to an Access Point</title>
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364 |
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365 | <para id="wpa-service" revision="sysv">
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366 | If you want to configure network interfaces at boot using
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367 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command>, you need to install the
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368 | <filename>/lib/services/wpa</filename> script
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369 | included in <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package:
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370 | </para>
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371 |
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372 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-service-wpa</userinput></screen>
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373 |
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374 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa-service" revision="sysv">
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375 | <primary sortas="f-wpa">wpa</primary>
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376 | </indexterm>
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377 |
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378 | <para revision="sysv">
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379 | If your router/access point uses DHCP to allocate IP addresses, you
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380 | can install <xref linkend="dhcp"/> client and use it to
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381 | automatically obtain network addresses. Create the
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382 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
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383 | </filename> by running the following command as the
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384 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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385 | </para>
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386 |
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387 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> << "EOF"
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388 | <literal>ONBOOT="yes"
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389 | IFACE="<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable>"
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390 | SERVICE="wpa"
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391 |
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392 | # Additional arguments to wpa_supplicant
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393 | WPA_ARGS=""
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394 |
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395 | WPA_SERVICE="dhclient"
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396 | DHCP_START=""
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397 | DHCP_STOP=""
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398 |
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399 | # Set PRINTIP="yes" to have the script print
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400 | # the DHCP assigned IP address
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401 | PRINTIP="no"
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402 |
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403 | # Set PRINTALL="yes" to print the DHCP assigned values for
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404 | # IP, SM, DG, and 1st NS. This requires PRINTIP="yes".
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405 | PRINTALL="no"</literal>
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406 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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407 |
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408 | <para revision="sysv">
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409 | If you prefer <xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> instead of
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410 | <xref linkend="dhcp"/> client, then create the
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411 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
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412 | </filename> by running the following command as the
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413 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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414 | </para>
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415 |
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416 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> << "EOF"
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417 | <literal>ONBOOT="yes"
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418 | IFACE="<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable>"
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419 | SERVICE="wpa"
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420 |
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421 | # Additional arguments to wpa_supplicant
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422 | WPA_ARGS=""
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423 |
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424 | WPA_SERVICE="dhcpcd"
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425 | DHCP_START="-b -q <replaceable><insert appropriate start options here></replaceable>"
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426 | DHCP_STOP="-k <replaceable><insert additional stop options here></replaceable>"</literal>
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427 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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428 |
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429 | <para revision="sysv">
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430 | Alternatively, if you use static addresses on your local network,
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431 | then create the
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432 | <filename>/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig-<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
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433 | </filename> by running the following command as the
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434 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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435 | </para>
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436 |
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437 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.<replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> << "EOF"
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438 | <literal>ONBOOT="yes"
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439 | IFACE="<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable>"
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440 | SERVICE="wpa"
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441 |
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442 | # Additional arguments to wpa_supplicant
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443 | WPA_ARGS=""
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444 |
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445 | WPA_SERVICE="ipv4-static"
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446 | IP="192.168.1.1"
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447 | GATEWAY="192.168.1.2"
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448 | PREFIX="24"
|
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449 | BROADCAST="192.168.1.255"</literal>
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450 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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451 |
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452 | <para revision="systemd">
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453 | There are 3 types of <application>systemd</application> units
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454 | that were installed:
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455 | </para>
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456 |
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457 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact" revision="systemd">
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458 | <listitem>
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459 | <para>
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460 | wpa_supplicant@.service
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461 | </para>
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462 | </listitem>
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463 | <listitem>
|
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464 | <para>
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465 | wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service
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466 | </para>
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467 | </listitem>
|
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468 | <listitem>
|
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469 | <para>
|
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470 | wpa_supplicant-wired@.service
|
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471 | </para>
|
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472 | </listitem>
|
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473 | </itemizedlist>
|
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474 |
|
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475 | <para revision="systemd">
|
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476 | The only difference between 3 of them is what driver
|
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477 | is used for connecting (-D option). The first one uses
|
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478 | the default driver, the second one uses the nl80211
|
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479 | driver and the third one uses the wired driver.
|
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480 | </para>
|
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481 |
|
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482 | <para>
|
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483 | You can connect to the wireless access point by
|
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484 | running the following command as the
|
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485 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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486 | </para>
|
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487 |
|
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488 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>ifup <replaceable>wifi0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
|
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489 |
|
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490 | <para revision="sysv">
|
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491 | Replace <replaceable>wlan0</replaceable> with the correct
|
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492 | wireless interface and <replaceable>wifi0</replaceable>
|
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493 | with desired name for the configuration file. Please note
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494 | that <filename>wpa_supplicant-*.conf</filename> and
|
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495 | <filename>ifconfig.*</filename> configuration files need
|
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496 | to have identical names, ie both contain
|
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497 | <replaceable>wifi0</replaceable> in their name.
|
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498 | </para>
|
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499 |
|
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500 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl start wpa_supplicant@<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
|
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501 |
|
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502 | <para revision="systemd">
|
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503 | To connect to the wireless access point at
|
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504 | boot, simply enable the appropriate
|
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505 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command> service
|
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506 | by running the following command as the
|
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507 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
|
---|
508 | </para>
|
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509 |
|
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510 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@<replaceable>wlan0</replaceable></userinput></screen>
|
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511 |
|
---|
512 | <para revision="systemd">
|
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513 | Depending on your setup, you can replace the
|
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514 | <filename>wpa_supplicant@.service</filename>
|
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515 | with any other listed above.
|
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516 | </para>
|
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517 |
|
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518 | <para revision="systemd">
|
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519 | To assign a network address to your wireless interface, consult the
|
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520 | <ulink url="&lfs-root;/chapter07/network.html">General Network Configuration</ulink>
|
---|
521 | page in LFS.
|
---|
522 | </para>
|
---|
523 |
|
---|
524 | </sect3>
|
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525 |
|
---|
526 | </sect2>
|
---|
527 |
|
---|
528 | <sect2 role="content">
|
---|
529 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
530 |
|
---|
531 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
532 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
533 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
534 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
---|
535 |
|
---|
536 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
537 | <seg>
|
---|
538 | wpa_gui, wpa_supplicant, wpa_passphrase and wpa_cli
|
---|
539 | </seg>
|
---|
540 | <seg>
|
---|
541 | None
|
---|
542 | </seg>
|
---|
543 | <seg>
|
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544 | None
|
---|
545 | </seg>
|
---|
546 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
547 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
548 |
|
---|
549 | <variablelist>
|
---|
550 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
551 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
552 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
---|
553 |
|
---|
554 | <varlistentry id="wpa_gui">
|
---|
555 | <term><command>wpa_gui</command></term>
|
---|
556 | <listitem>
|
---|
557 | <para>
|
---|
558 | is a graphical frontend program for interacting with
|
---|
559 | <application>wpa_supplicant</application>.
|
---|
560 | </para>
|
---|
561 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_gui">
|
---|
562 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_gui">wpa_gui</primary>
|
---|
563 | </indexterm>
|
---|
564 | </listitem>
|
---|
565 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
566 |
|
---|
567 | <varlistentry id="wpa_supplicant-prog">
|
---|
568 | <term><command>wpa_supplicant</command></term>
|
---|
569 | <listitem>
|
---|
570 | <para>
|
---|
571 | is a daemon that can connect to a password protected wireless
|
---|
572 | access point.
|
---|
573 | </para>
|
---|
574 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant-prog">
|
---|
575 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_supplicant">wpa_supplicant</primary>
|
---|
576 | </indexterm>
|
---|
577 | </listitem>
|
---|
578 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
579 |
|
---|
580 | <varlistentry id="wpa_passphrase">
|
---|
581 | <term><command>wpa_passphrase</command></term>
|
---|
582 | <listitem>
|
---|
583 | <para>
|
---|
584 | takes an SSID and a password and generates a simple
|
---|
585 | configuration that <command>wpa_supplicant</command> can
|
---|
586 | understand.
|
---|
587 | </para>
|
---|
588 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_passphrase">
|
---|
589 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_passphrase">wpa_passphrase</primary>
|
---|
590 | </indexterm>
|
---|
591 | </listitem>
|
---|
592 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
593 |
|
---|
594 | <varlistentry id="wpa_cli">
|
---|
595 | <term><command>wpa_cli</command></term>
|
---|
596 | <listitem>
|
---|
597 | <para>
|
---|
598 | is a command line interface used to control a running
|
---|
599 | <command>wpa_supplicant</command> daemon.
|
---|
600 | </para>
|
---|
601 | <indexterm zone="wpa_supplicant wpa_cli">
|
---|
602 | <primary sortas="b-wpa_cli">wpa_cli</primary>
|
---|
603 | </indexterm>
|
---|
604 | </listitem>
|
---|
605 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
606 |
|
---|
607 | </variablelist>
|
---|
608 |
|
---|
609 | </sect2>
|
---|
610 |
|
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611 | </sect1>
|
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