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2.4 KiB
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74 lines
2.4 KiB
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 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
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just have to make sure the user is in the
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<literal>networkmanager</literal> group and you can skip the rest of
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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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</para>
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<programlisting language="bash">
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networking.wireless.enable = true;
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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NixOS lets you specify networks for wpa_supplicant declaratively:
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</para>
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<programlisting language="bash">
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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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<para>
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Be aware that keys will be written to the nix store in plaintext!
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When no networks are set, it will default to using a configuration
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file at <literal>/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>. You should edit
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this file yourself to define wireless networks, WPA keys and so on
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(see wpa_supplicant.conf(5)).
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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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<literal>wpa_passphrase</literal>:
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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$ 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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</programlisting>
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<programlisting language="bash">
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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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<para>
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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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</para>
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<programlisting>
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# wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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After you have edited the <literal>wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>,
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you need to restart the wpa_supplicant service.
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</para>
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<programlisting>
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# systemctl restart wpa_supplicant.service
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</programlisting>
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</section>
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